Compare HELOCs Products

The Scotia Total Equity Plan is a parcel of credit products you can access by leveraging the equity you have in your home. This sounds more complicated than it is, really – this is really just a slightly fancier home equity line of credit (HELOC), meaning you can get low-interest credit that is secured by your house.

The RBC Homeline Plan is a surprising product from RBC that combines a traditional mortgage with a home equity line of credit. With this loan, homeowners have access to a revolving credit line that increases as what you owe on your mortgage decreases. It's an interesting, popular hybrid product that offers significant flexibility.

While few opt for a home equity line of credit instead of getting a traditional mortgage when they have relatively little equity in their home, this option can be attractive to those who owe less on their home. With the ability to split your TD Home Equity FlexLine into a revolving portion and a term portion, you can take advantage of interest rates when they're low and flexible prepayment options at the same time. You could use the term portion to pay off your house, for example, and the revolving portion to pay down existing debt or do some renovating.

The BMO home equity line of credit, called BMO Homeowner ReadiLine, is like having a mortgage and line of credit all in one. It’s best understood as one loan with 2 parts: the mortgage portion, which has regular payments, and the line of credit portion, which you pay back only as you need to use the funds.