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Feathering Your Retirement Nest Using a Home Equity Loan - 4

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Now, as the big bulge of Baby Boomers gets set to retire, both in Canada and the United States, it is becoming clear that the long-term growth oriented investment practices and strategies that have feathered retirement nests on both sides of the border may not be the best strategies to pursue once you are in the nest, atop the egg and incubating it. The equity in a home - particularly if you have managed to pay off that home, as most but not all homeowners will do by the time the timing for retirement is ripe - is a significant asset that needs to be protected. Leveraging that financial asset you have quietly built up over time into a secured, safe and stable income stream in retirement takes as much forethought and planning as it did to accumulate your nest egg in the first place.

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Feathering Your Retirement Nest Using a Home Equity Loan - 3

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Part of the speculative impulse that propelled the U.S. real estate markets into the murky waters they now find themselves in was fueled by the tax advantage homeowners could gain by writing off the interest on their mortgage payments - aside, of course, from their overly lax lending policies and regulatory oversight that ended in swaths of creditor red ink as the market for sub-prime mortgages and overtly speculative ‘Ninja’ mortgages (’No Income, No Job or Assets’) overheated and then boiled over. The bigger the mortgage, the bigger the write-off against your employment and investment income. This was particularly attractive for business owners, middle-class investors and the self-employed making big money in the Clinton years, only to see the economy tank at the end of George Bush’s presidency - precisely the newly affluent who along with blue-collar manufacturing worker who are particularly vulnerable if the markets for goods and services go south - or overseas.

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Feathering Your Retirement Nest Using a Home Equity Loan - 2

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Recent turmoil in the U.S. credit and real estate markets, with one in 10 homes having been in some phase of the foreclosure process during the last year, justifiably has Americans close to retirement age - the leading edge of the Baby Boom - nervously eyeing what they see as their retirement nest-egg and hoping that it doesn’t slip from a premium Grade “A” Jumbo double-yolker to a Grade “A” small, or worse. The ‘Henny-Penny’ type of homeowner, whether in Canada or the US. - those who are sure that “the sky is falling” at the first drop of rain - may wish to consider moving equity they have watched build up over time as they paid down their mortgage to more diversified holdings. In Canada, unlike the United States, where interest paid on a home mortgage is NOT tax-deductible - as it is in the U.S. - the nervous homeowner who shifts some of the equity that has built up in his or her home to a conservative, balanced investment portfolio not only diversifies and gains an umbreella if stormy times lay ahead in Canada’s real estate market, but also gains a tax-advantage. The interest paid on borrowed funds that are secured against the equity in your home and used for investment purposes is tax-deductible in Canada, unlike the interest you have paid on your home mortgage to build that equity in the first place.

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Feathering Your Retirement Nest Using a Home Equity Loan - 1

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Using a Home Equity Loan to Feather Your Retirement Nest and Protect Your Nest Egg

By Bruce Godden

Diversification and risk management is one of the keys to long-term personal wealth management and successful retirement planning. In Canada, as in the United States, the equity that homeowners build up as they pay off their Canadian mortgages represents a key asset - if not the key asset - in their personal wealth portfolio.

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The Best Home Equity Loans - 4

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You can benefit quite a bit when you use an online lender. They tend to offer lower rates because they do not have additional business costs that local lenders do. Local lenders have to pay for the office space they are using, along with paying employees. Online lenders on the other hand will not normally have to worry about this. The best home equity loans are pretty easy to get online as well. You do not have to leave the comfort of your home to visit the lender in their office. This convenience is what often attracts borrowers to use the Internet, instead of looking locally. Quite often your application is reviewed and approved the same day. You do not have to wait days or even weeks to know whether you have been approved like you do with local lenders. The best home equity loans are available on very wide scale so your options are various.

John Bowles writes general finance and loan articles for the UK Loans Only website at http://www.ukloansonly.co.uk

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What Are The Risks And Benefits

If you apply online for the best home equity loans you are taking the risk of your information being given to someone other then only the online lender. In order to make sure that this does not happen, you may want to check the site to make sure that the lender will not share your information with a third party. In most cases you can request that the lender does not do this. Also when you are online for best home equity loans you may want to use caution before you give any sensitive information, such as you social security number, to any lender. You will want to make sure that the site is secure. In most cases you will find a “paddle lock” symbol on the bottom of the page. This indicates that the site is secure and your information is safe.

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Lenders

You are able to find lenders locally or online. In most cases a local lender will offer you a loan, but your interest rate will be higher then what an online lender will charge. You can ask each lender to send you loan quotes so that you have an understanding of the terms and conditions of the loan along with what the possible interest is and how long you are able to have the loan. The best home equity loans are normally based on your credit score and most lenders will do a credit check when you apply. Terms and conditions of best home equity loans are often based on your ability to repay the loan as well as the amount you intend on borrowing. Some lenders tend to offer you a lower interest rate if you use your homes equity, without using the whole amount that you are able to borrow. If you borrow only what you need to it could save you a lot of money in the long run.

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What Are The Best Home Equity Loans?

By John Bowles

The best home equity loans are loans that you are able to get by using your home equity as collateral. There are many lenders available, but not all will offer you the same interest rates. The terms that the lenders offer may also vary greatly. You may want to get as much information as possible regarding each lender you are looking at.

Locating the best home equity loans may seem to be difficult at first, but if you take the time to research many lenders and what they are offering you will be able to find an offer that will best suite your needs. You may want to keep in mind that most lenders will base the amount they borrow you on how much equity you have in your home. Equity is how much you have paid on your home compared to what you still currently owe.

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Applying

If you have decided that you want to apply for your home equity loan online, you’ll find that the process is actually quite simple. Use your preferred online search engine to locate a number of different lenders, and contact each of them to request a quote for a loan based upon your equity.

Compare these offers, choosing the lender who has the best balance of low interest rates and flexible terms; you should then contact this lender again, or use an online form to submit your final loan application.

Paul Rogers writes general finance and loan articles for the Loans UK Online website at http://www.loansukonline.co.uk

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Convenience

Deciding to apply for a home equity loan online can make the loan process much more convenient than using other types of lenders. You can research various lenders online, request quotes for the interest rates and terms via e-mail or online forms, and even submit your loan application from the privacy of your own home computer at any time of the day or night.

Many online lenders are even able to process their loans and grant approvals faster than some of their physical counterparts, which means that your money gets to you much sooner in addition to the other conveniences.

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