There’s an old saying that a rose by any other name smells just as sweet. The point of the saying is that no matter what you call an item, if it quacks like a duck, swims like a duck, has webbed feet…you get the point.
There’s something scary for a lot of people about getting mortgage. They understand that it’s a loan against the house that if not repaid will result in foreclosure.
Knowing that people are afraid of second mortgages, banksre creative and call them other things- home equity lines, HELOC, home equity loan- who cares what they call it. They want you to borrow against your house.
It does not matter what it’s called. If you sign a piece of paper that says my home stands good for my loan then you are signing a mortgage.
Another play on words- it is what it is. It doesn’t matter what you call it.

