Is it better to get a conforming loan plus 2nd trust or to get one “mini jumbo” loan?
Posted in Renting & Real Estate on 07/06/2009 07:49 pm by admin
savesomethingwild asked:
We are getting ready to purchase a home and will be borrowing $480k. We have called around to various lenders and have received conflicting advice. Is it better to:
1) get a conforming loan for the first $417 (today’s rate of 5.875%) and then get a second trust for the remaining $63k. And then for the second trust, should we do a home equity line of credit (only 5% now but could rise as economy improves) or an amortized second home loan at 7.5%
OR
2) just get one mortgage at the “mini jumbo” rate, which is only an eighth of of a percent higher (?) than the conforming loan rate.
We are getting ready to purchase a home and will be borrowing $480k. We have called around to various lenders and have received conflicting advice. Is it better to:
1) get a conforming loan for the first $417 (today’s rate of 5.875%) and then get a second trust for the remaining $63k. And then for the second trust, should we do a home equity line of credit (only 5% now but could rise as economy improves) or an amortized second home loan at 7.5%
OR
2) just get one mortgage at the “mini jumbo” rate, which is only an eighth of of a percent higher (?) than the conforming loan rate.
HELP! this is so confusing! Thank you
LYLE