Home Equity Loans
For Every Stage of Life
A variety of options to fit your financial needs.
Home Equity Loans as low as 7.25% APR*
Home Equity Lines of Credit as low as 7.75% APR*
Closing costs as low as $295**
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For Every Stage of Life
A variety of options to fit your financial needs.
Home Equity Loans as low as 7.25% APR*
Home Equity Lines of Credit as low as 7.75% APR*
Closing costs as low as $295**
Home equity is the difference between the value of your home and how much you still owe on it, or in other words, the value minus any existing loans or liens (like a mortgage). A Home Equity Loan lets you borrow money using the equity in your home as collateral. At TowpathCU, you have two home equity lending options: a Home Equity Line of Credit, or HELOC, and a Home Equity Loan.
A Home Equity Loan is a lump sum loan that’s given to you when you close your loan for you to do with as you’d like. Home Equity Loans have a fixed interest rate and fixed monthly payments, so your payment amount will be the same each month until the loan is paid in full.
You can refinance an existing Home Equity Loan or a second mortgage.
Your loan doesn’t have to be the whole value of the equity in your home. The minimum home equity loan amount is $10,000.
We can lend up to 80%²of the value of a Member’s home (minus any first mortgage balance) based on Member credit and property evaluation.
A HELOC, or a home equity line of credit, is an open line of credit (similar to a credit card) with a spending limit. During a specific amount of time called a “draw period” or “advance period,” you can spend as much or as little as you’d like up to your credit limit. Your monthly payments vary depending on how much has been charged to the line, and the interest rate on a HELOC is variable and changes with the prime rate. After the draw period ends, you enter the repayment period, where any remaining balance is reorganized into monthly payments based on the final balance until it’s paid in full. These repayment amounts can vary with the interest rate if it changes, but they are based on the final balance at the end of the draw period. Our draw period is 10 years, and the minimum payment is 1% of the outstanding balance or $50.00, whichever is greater.¹
You can refinance an existing Home Equity Loan or a second mortgage.
Your line of credit doesn’t have to be the whole value of the equity in your home. The minimum line of credit at Towpath CU is $10,000.
You can transfer funds from your HELOC to any account in your Towpath CU online banking.
We offer free HELOC checks and no minimum amount for advances.
We can lend up to 80%² of the value of a Member’s home (minus any first mortgage balance) based on Member credit and property evaluation.
*APR = Annual Percentage Rate. APR includes only the interest and no other costs. Refinance of existing Towpath CU loans subject to applicable fees, terms, and conditions.
Typical minimum principal and interest payment on a home equity loan amount $25,000.00 at 7.25% APR for 60 month term is $497.97 without optional debt protection coverage.
Variable rate HELOC floor rate is 3.50% APR and cannot exceed 18% APR or the maximum permitted by law, whichever is less. The corresponding APR for HELOCs is based on an independent index, the Wall Street journal Prime Rate, and add any applicable margin. When a range of rates has been published, the highest rate will be used. The APR can change on the first day of each month and there is no limit on the amount by which the APR can change during any one year period. Monthly HELOC payments during the 10 year draw period are 1% of the outstanding loan balance, or $50.00, whichever is higher. Typical minimum principal and interest payment on HELOC during repayment period, with a balance of $25,000.00 at 7.75% APR over 180 months is $235.36 before optional products.
**The lender may pay some third party fees associated with a home equity loan or line of credit. The borrower agrees to reimburse the lender the actual amount of bona fide third party fees paid on the borrowers behalf, as permitted by applicable law, if the home equity loan is paid off within thirty six (36) months after consummation and/or the home equity line of credit paid and closed within 36 months of opening.
1 Under some circumstances, your payment will not cover the finance charges (interest) that accrue and “negative amortization” will occur. Negative amortization will increase the amount that you owe us and reduce the equity in your home.
2 Approved loan-to-value of any home equity loan or HELOC application is subject to member credit score, credit history, property value, and other qualifications as required by law and/or credit union policy.
Towpath Credit Union Institution NMLS #415981
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