Home Equity Line of Credit Closed?

A Home equity line of credit, also known as a  HELOC, a popular way of home owners to access equity in their home have come under assault recently by banks.

In recent past, banks and financial institutions were lining up giving out home equity lines of credit to everyone. Sometimes loaning more then the actual value of a home. In a market of rising home prices and the belief that home prices will never decline across the entire U.S banks lowered their lending standards. As we all know, banks along with everyone else was  dead wrong about home prices.

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Purchase Refinance with Cash out Refinance

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Superior (780-850) Exceptional (760-779) Excellent (740-759) Very Good (720-739) Good (700-719) Above Average (680-699) Average (660-679) Fair (640-659) Need Improvement (620-639) Poor (350-620)

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LTV

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Lender

APR / Rate

Fees / Points

Payment

NMLS #1835285

4.831%

15-Year Fixed

4.625%

$5,500

Includes 0.875 points for $3,500

Lender Fees: $2,000

$3,086 /mo

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NMLS #1085173

4.949%

15-Year Fixed

4.750%

$5,370

Includes 1.000 points for $4,000

Lender Fees: $1,370

$3,112 /mo

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NMLS #1312186

5.258%

15-Year Fixed

5.125%

$3,500

Includes 0.875 points for $3,500

Lender Fees: $0

$3,190 /mo

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NMLS #6606

5.400%

15-Year Fixed

5.250%

$3,944

Includes 0.986 points for $3,944

Lender Fees: $0

$3,216 /mo

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NMLS #1025894

5.426%

15-Year Fixed

5.250%

$4,612

Includes 0.978 points for $3,912

Lender Fees: $700

$3,216 /mo

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NMLS #1835285

5.625%

5-Year ARM

5.500%

$5,552

Includes 0.888 points for $3,552

Lender Fees: $2,000

$2,272 /mo

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NMLS #1312186

5.708%

5-Year ARM

5.625%

$3,672

Includes 0.918 points for $3,672

Lender Fees: $0

$2,303 /mo

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NMLS #1835285

5.750%

30-Year Fixed

5.625%

$5,500

Includes 0.875 points for $3,500

Lender Fees: $2,000

$2,303 /mo

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NMLS #1085173

5.850%

5-Year ARM

5.750%

$4,422

Includes 0.763 points for $3,052

Lender Fees: $1,370

$2,335 /mo

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NMLS #1085173

5.860%

30-Year Fixed

5.750%

$4,870

Includes 0.875 points for $3,500

Lender Fees: $1,370

$2,335 /mo

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NMLS #1312186

6.070%

30-Year Fixed

6.000%

$3,000

Includes 0.750 points for $3,000

Lender Fees: $0

$2,399 /mo

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NMLS #6606

6.090%

30-Year Fixed

6.000%

$3,860

Includes 0.965 points for $3,860

Lender Fees: $0

$2,399 /mo

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NMLS #1025894

6.097%

30-Year Fixed

5.990%

$4,620

Includes 0.980 points for $3,920

Lender Fees: $700

$2,396 /mo

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As a result, banks have been lowering the amount of available credit on HELOC's and actually closing HELOC accounts when no money is owed. This practice has been widespread, not just limited to people with bad credit ratings or borrowers who are behind on their HELOC payments. Banks have also made it much more difficult to qualify for a HELOC.

Gone are the days of loaning up to 100 percent or more of the value of a home. Some banks require more you to have more equity in your home then the historical norm of an 80 percent loan-to-value ratio (LTV). Meaning the loans on your home, including your mortgage, cannot exceed 80 percent of the value of your home.  

A close friend of mine had his HELOC closed by JP Morgage Chase on a home he and his wife owned. They didn't owe any money on the HELOC but the interesting part of this story is they didn't owe any money on their home at all. No primary or secondary mortgage balance, they owned their home outright but Chase still closed their home equity line of credit.