Long Term Loans Canada: Available in Secured and Unsecured Variants
By: Michael Sm
Submitted: 2010-05-21 23:51:51 | Word Count: 580
Long term loans Canada are famous for varieties and dimensions. Loans are available, according to the norms of the finance market, in secured and unsecured variants. The top-ranking banks in Canada have specific schemes on loans for the business world and for the individuals. In the following lines the features of Long term loans Canada have been described.
Loans in secured variant are advanced in flexible terms and very good amount of money is advanced when a longer repayment period is allowed and interest is charged at very lower rate.
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Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Bank of Montreal, Toronto Dominion Bank, Royal Bank of Canada, and Bank of Nova Scotia are the first class banks in Canada. Homes, pieces of land, cars, investments etc. are used as collateral in Canada. Long term loans in Royal Bank of Canada are advanced against equity of the debtors’ homes or by pledging cash-stocks-government bonds and such kinds of investment.
All kinds of property are not given equal weight as collateral. Assured investments and real estates have greater weight to Toronto Dominion Bank. While advancing long term loans relationship of the clients with the bank and their history of credit are duly and even strictly assessed. Companies which have been in the business for at least two years get long term loans in secured variant from Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and minimum amount of the loan stands as $50,000. The rate of interest fluctuates with the variation of the prime rate.
Companies and individuals can secure long term secured loans from Bank of Nova Scotia and $500,000 may be borrowed against worthy collateral asset. The repayment tenure depends on amount and purpose of the loans and on the nature of collateral property. Commercial loans are offered within the range of $25.000 to $250,000 by the Bank of Montreal and the debtors must be entrepreneurs in Canada for more than two years.
Most of the financial and banking institutions of Canada offer long term unsecured loans and they approve the loans on the basis of rates of income and credit ratings of the borrowers. As the lending agencies are to take greater risks interest in such loans are fixed at higher rates and tenure for repayment is allowed over a short period.
Borrowers who have capacity and who have maintained good history of credit can get minimum amount of $5, 500 as unsecured loans by the Bank of Montreal which determines the repayment duration within a period between 1 year and 10 years. The rate of interest is of course greater than what it is in case of secured loans. Toronto Dominion bank gives personal loans on the basis of employment record, monthly income, bonuses, overtime etc.
The lowest amount of long term unsecured loan advanced by Canadian Imperial Bank is $3,000 and the interest may be fixed at variable or fixed rate. The unsecured long term loans in Royal Bank of Canada range from $5000 to $50,000 and the duration for repayment is allowed between 1 year and 5 years.
In this way long term loans Canada are of various forms and of different dimensions. In Canada the financial institutions and banks have greater authority to advance or not to advance loans to companies or individuals and they have more discretion to determine terms and conditions.
