Title: Shop Around For The Best Secured Loans Word Count: 512 Summary: In order to get quotes for the best secured loans you have to shop around online and get several quotes to compare. The rate of interest on the secured loan can vary a great deal and just a fraction of a difference can soon add up. If you go online with a specialist website they can get all your quotes together on one site and they should come with the key facts. The key facts contain the small print of the loan and where you can find hidden costs and the terms and condit... Keywords: Homeowner Loans, Secured Loans, Consolidation Loans Article Body: In order to get quotes for the best secured loans you have to shop around online and get several quotes to compare. The rate of interest on the secured loan can vary a great deal and just a fraction of a difference can soon add up. If you go online with a specialist website they can get all your quotes together on one site and they should come with the key facts. The key facts contain the small print of the loan and where you can find hidden costs and the terms and conditions. It is essential that you compare these along with the percentage rates as early repayment fees could be added. The best secured loans quotes will come with the key facts so comparing is easier. A secured loan can be taken out for almost any reason. You can take out a consolidation secured loan if you have several debts that you wish to combine. By combining them and paying them off with a secured loan you just have one lower monthly repayment to make. However it is essential that you have shopped around for the best secured loan and have got a good rate of interest to ensure the loan is beneficial. Also take into account the time that you have left to pay on your current loans. It would be pointless and cost you more money in the long run if you were to take a loan for 10 years and your current debts had only 5 to go. If you wish to keep the repayments down on the loan then you can spread the cost over a long period of time. The downside to this is that the loan will accumulate more interest and so cost more. You will have to determine how much you can afford to repay each month before rushing into the loan and then consider the overall cost. The amount that you will be allowed to borrow with a secured loan will depend on the equity that you have in your home. The equity is the amount of money that is left over once you have deducted what is left owning on the mortgage from the total value of your home. Once you have a figure then this is the amount that the majority of lenders will give you. However it is possible to find some lenders that offer up to 125% of the equity for higher rates of interest. Even the best secured loans have to be given some very serious thought. If you take out a secured loan over 25 years then you have to remember that the roof over your head is at risk for this time. As your home is secured against the loan if for any reason you were to get behind on the repayments or not be able to make them, then you risk losing your home. You can take out insurance for the loan in the form of loan payment protection and when comparing the small print you should double check to make sure it has not already been included.