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A loan is a type of debt. All material things can be lent; this article, however, focuses exclusively on monetary loans. Like all debt instruments, loans entail the redistribution of financial assets over time, between the lender and the borrower. The borrower initially receives an amount of money from the lender, which they pay back, usually but not always in regular installments, to the lender. This service is generally provided at a cost, referred to as interest on the debt. A borrower may be subject to certain restrictions known as loan covenants under the terms of the loan.

A secured loan is a loan in which the borrower pledges some asset (e.g. a House/Property) as collateral for the loan. Secured loans relieve the lender of most of the financial risks involved; he may thus offer attractive terms for the borrower on interest rates and repayment period. For a homeowner it makes sense to use the value (equity) in your property to borrow at a special rate since with a secured loan a borrower gets choices about how much one can borrow and how quickly one can pay back the loan. Thus, a homeowner can get an affordable secured loan.