Home Equity Lines of Credit & Loans

Leverage the equity in your home for home improvements, consolidating debt, investing, vacations, paying down student loans and more.

Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)

Your HELOC gives you the flexible financing options you need.

  • No Annual Fee
  • Interest Rate: Variable
  • Term: 15 years, interest-only payments
  • Minimum Loan Amount: $25,000
  • Minimum Draw: $100
  • Draw Period: 180 months
  • Other Extras:
    • Ability to draw multiple times on funds up to your limit
    • Access funds by transferring to your Meridian account or writing a check
    • Flexible access to funds
    • Continuously borrow up to an approved limit

Home Equity Loans

Borrow against the equity of your home with low fixed rates and flexible terms on specific amounts.

  • No Annual Fee
  • Interest Rate: Fixed
  • Term: Up to 20 years
  • Minimum Loan Amount: $25,000
  • Other Extras:
    • Lump sum upfront
    • Equal monthly payments
    • Interest may be tax deductible 1

1 Consult your tax advisor for more details. See an associate for disclosures and other pertinent information regarding our Home Equity products.

Meridian Makes it Easy

  • With your Meridian personal checking account, payments can be automatically deducted.
  • Use Meridian digital banking to check loan balances and make loan payments with funds from your Meridian deposit account.

How to link an external account in Digital Banking:

  1. From your home dashboard, select “Transfers.”
  2. Select “+Add external account” and confirm your credentials.
  3. Enter external account details. Note: When linking an external account, the name on the external account must match the name on your Meridian account.
  4. Once you have successfully entered the information, you will see a message that two small deposits have been sent to your external account for verification.
  5. Finally, enter the amounts of the small deposits made to the external account in your Meridian Digital Banking account. From your home dashboard, select “Transfers” and enter the information. Note: The deposits are sent to the external account within 1-3 business days. Generally, if the account has been added before 8:00 pm, you can expect the deposits to arrive that same day.

How to transfer funds to make HELOC payments:

  1. From your home dashboard, select “Accounts.”
  2. Select your HELOC account.
  3. In the box that says “Next payment due MM DD,” click “Pay.”
  4. Select the account to transfer funds from.
  5. Type in the payment amount.
  6. Click “More options” to set the type, frequency and date of the transaction.
  7. Click “Submit.”
  8. Transfers from other institutions may take 1-3 business days to complete.

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