Mortgage loan is nothing but taking loan from banks or financial companies against your real estate by mortgaging them. Mortgaging property is just like keeping your property as a security against loan you have taken. In worst case, if you fail to pay back the loan amount, bank will recover full loan amount by selling your property.  The second loan taken on property which is already mortgaged is called second mortgage loan and for good deal you must know what 2nd mortgage rates are.

The second mortgage loans are useful to solve your financial problems or paying high interest debts, but such loan can add up bit cost to your monthly payments. The rates of interest on second mortgage loan are always higher than the first mortgage loan.

The procedure to take second mortgage loan is same as the procedure to take first mortgage loan. New lender will require all the documents related to your property as well as current asset value.  A new appraisal form will also be required. After examining the entire documents new lender decides the amount to be given as second mortgage loan and the rate of interest.

There are two kind of second mortgage loan available. Loans with fixed interest rates and loan with variable interest rates. In fixed interest rate mortgage loan the rate of interest remains same until you pay off full loan amount.  Generally fixed mortgage loans are taken for longer period of time. Variable or adjustable mortgage loan have fluctuating interest rate. The rate of interest is changed periodically by lender. Thus such loans are taken for shorter period of time.

Before taking considering 2nd mortgage rates one should consider following points.

-         What is the highest interest rate?

-         How many times rates can change?

-         When the rate can change?

-         The criteria for changing rate.

One should know all the above information. Entire terms and conditions should be taken written form to avoid any misunderstanding and misleading. The lender must specify all the information about change in 2nd mortgage rates in particular time span, the criteria on basis of which new rates are decided, what can be the upper limit of rates.

In both kinds of second mortgage loan the rate of interest will be higher than the first mortgage loan. The reason behind this is second mortgage loan involves high risk from the point of view of lender, because there is high chances that second mortgage loan may not get paid back to him.

Thus one should always try to consider above facets before applying for loan.