Ed Dodson responding... > I'm curious- is the only way to get money back from a failed or delinquent > home equity loan by selling the home? The law permits a personal judgment to be pursued as a remedy; however, the cost of going to court is high and people who take out home equity loans generally do not have liquid assets (stocks, bonds, cash in a bank account). The lender may not even foreclose because the first mortgage lienholder must be repaid by the foreclosing equity lender in order to gain title. What happens depends on the value of the property and how much equity the homeowner really has above the first mortgage debt.
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