SENERIO 1: This if for those who have owned their lot for more then two years. Those land owners can get a 75% LTV (loan to value) loan. This means that the bank is willing to lend you 75% of what the appraised value of the house (the value if the house was already built and sitting on your lot) is. We then have your building contract drawn up with all costs build into the price. This includes the price of the house, the closing costs for your loan, the interest on your loan during construction, and any other associated costs with the construction. This means that you will not have to come up with any monthly payments or other money during the construction. At the closing of the loan, the bank will write you a check for the remaining amount.
EXAMPLE:
Appraised value of the house $390,000
Amount bank will loan (75%) $292,500
Total cost of construction $260,000
Check bank will write you for cash $32,500
This means that even if you bought your land many years ago for just a few thousand and in some cases even just a few hundred dollars (for people who bought land here years ago, these are typical figures) the bank will write you a check for much more. Now if we assume that there is only 8% appreciation (our area has averaged over 10% and up to 45% in the past few years):
Value of the house $422,200
Minus total loan amount $292,500
Minus sellers costs $38,332
Profit on sale of the house $91,368
Up front money from the bank $32,500
Profit from sale of the house $91,368
TOTAL PROFIT $123,868
SENERIO 2: This if for those who have owned their lot for less then two years. Those land owners can get a 90% LTV (loan to value) loan. This means that the bank is willing to lend you 90% of what the appraised value of the house (the value if the house was already built and sitting on your lot) is. The building contact is the same as above with all associated costs built into your loan so you do not have to worry about coming out of your pocket with any money during the construction phase.
EXAMPLE:
Appraised value of the house $390,000
Amount bank is will loan (90%) $351,000
Total cost of construction $260,000
Check bank will write you up to $91,000
This means that the bank will write you a check for UP TO $91,000 depending on the price you paid for your lot. The bank will give up to but NO MORE then what you paid for your property. This is a wonderful program for those who purchased land in the last few years and not have a large amount of equity or those who would like to get out away from making a monthly payment on the loan they have now. Now if we assume that there is only 8% appreciation (our area has averaged over 10% and up to 45% in the past few years):
Value of the house $422,200
Minus total loan amount $351,000
Minus sellers costs $38,332
Profit on the sale of the house $32,868
Up front money from the bank $91,000
Profit from sale of the house $32,868
TOTAL PROFIT $123,868