If you are planning to buy a second home without paying for it in cash, you may need to look at financing the purchase through a second home mortgage. In the simplest of terms, this is a second loan against a home, which still has an existing mortgage. It could also be mortgage on a residential property that hasn’t been lived in for the greater part of the year. Either way, there are some requirements and technicalities involved in procuring such a loan. Reasons for this Type of Mortgage Second home mortgages are made for a variety of reasons. Some avail of these to buy second homes, which they will fix and sell when it becomes possible to make a reasonable profit while some actually buy ...