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Unsecured Loan Using Equity in Co-owned Home

Please could someone advise as to whether I can get an unsecured (ie not a secured) loan, using the equity in my house?

For information, I own my house jointly with 2 others.

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  • ViolaLass
    ViolaLass Posts: 5,764 Forumite
    If you want it to be unsecured, what has your house got to do with it?
  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,643 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    2 other threads from yesterday with same question

    Thread 1 which contains answer you might be after

    Thread 2
  • MEM62
    MEM62 Posts: 5,577 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Short answer - No, you can't.
  • dealer_wins
    dealer_wins Posts: 7,334 Forumite
    Please could someone advise as to whether I can get an unsecured (ie not a secured) loan, using the equity in my house?

    For information, I own my house jointly with 2 others.

    Using the equity in the house means using it as security, ie a SECURED loan.

    For unsecured loans this equity (Which im assuming you want lenders to see as an asset/savings) will be ignored by lenders as A: its not liquid, and B wont help with the loan repayments if you get into arrears..

    Now if you had £20000 savings that would be different.
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