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What happens if you put your house up as collateral for a 2nd mortgage?

Monday, May 5th, 2008

waddle02 asked: Say the 2nd mortgage is substantially less than the value of the house. Let's say the value of the house is at $300k, and the first mortgage (the one on the house) has $40K left. You take out a home equity of $20k. What happens ...