You have probably heard the word secured loan, second charge or homeowner loan being used especially in the world of finance. You may wonder exactly what is meant by these terms. Some people think that secured loan say for the purpose of a car purchase means that the loan is secured against the car. They think that if the monthly loan repayments are not made the car will be reposed. This is incorrect. What is conventionally meant by the term secured loan is that the loan is secured against your property or rather the equity in your property. This means that if you do not keep up your monthly loan repayments your property can be reposed and sold in order for the lender to recover the debt. It works in exactly the same way as a mortgage in this sense.
However, in this event your mortgage company will always have first right to the property to reclaim their debt and what is left the secured loan company can access to recover their losses from your unpaid debt. This is because your mortgage company will have first charge and then the secured loan company will have the second charge registered with the land registry. Dont let this scare you as it is unusual for matters to go...