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Mortgages
The first terms you will come across in determining the conditions you want
for your mortgage are fixed and adjustable.
- Fixed rates are constant through out the repayment of your loan and give
you the stability of knowing your monthly payment will be the same at the
end of your loan as they were at the start.
- Adjustable rates are less predictable because they adjust with current rate
indexes and can rise or fall as your repayment period progresses. The lessened
stability of this loan is balanced out by lenient qualifying, low introductory
rates, and the knowledge that an adjustable rate loan has a cap, or ceiling
to keep the rate from rising too high.
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Bad Credit Refinance
You can also refinance a larger amount than you need to fund a major purchase at a low interest rate, such as a new car or college tuition. Fill out our free short form today to contact lenders about bad credit refinancing.
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Home Equity
The reverse mortgage is also an adjustable rate mortgage, but is unique because the homeowner (who must be 62 years or older) is at no time obligated to make monthly payments on the loan. The amount of the equity on the home is made available to the owner in full, in monthly advances or as a line of credit, only to be repaid after the life of the owner through the sale of the home or by the family if they would like to keep the home.
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Land Loan
Land loans, unlike mortgage loans, are provided solely for the purpose of acquiring land on which to build a new home. Land is a finite quantity anywhere you go and in today’s world it is at a premium because there is only so much to go around. Finding an appropriate lot for a home can be on the level of difficulty of finding an affordable loan for land. Financing can also be more difficult if the borrower intends to wait for more than a few months to build on the property because it adds to the perceived risk if the lot turns out to not be suitable for the building without major work done on the land.
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Mortgage Calculation
Mortgage calculation can also help you plan whether or not you would like to include extra payments in your repayment schedule. On the loan of $150,000 at 7% interest with a 30 year term and a monthly payment of $997, one extra yearly payment can save a homeowner nearly $50,000 in interest payments. If this loan had a 15 year term, the difference that of extra yearly payment would be far less impressive, saving just over $9,500. If you are interested in making an extra yearly payment and feel you it will not put too much strain on your finances, it is a good idea to discuss this with your lender. Extra payments can cause you to finish paying your balance before the scheduled end of the repayment period and some lenders have prepayment fees, so you should check to make sure there are no such penalties or include these extra payments in your repayment schedule.
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Mortgages Online
Other basic but important terms to understand are:
- Principal is the amount borrowed (on which interest acts) which is repaid
monthly
- Amortization is the process of repaying the amount borrowed through monthly
payments of principal and interest.
- Negative amortization is when the monthly payment is not high to adequately
pay the loan off. In this case interest builds too quickly and the principal
grows instead of decreasing. This can occur because of lender scams or because
of monthly payment caps.
- Equity is the value of your house left over after subtracting the total
of your mortgage. If your house has a market value of $130,000 and a mortgage
of $100,000, the equity is $30,000.
- An index is used to determine the rate on an adjustable rate loan. For some
loans this rate may be the Prime Rate or the average rate of a one year Government
Treasury Security.
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Reverse Mortgage
A reverse mortgage is unlike most other loans in that it does not require that an applicant meet certain credit and income criteria or start immediate monthly repayment schedules. Instead, a homeowner qualifies on the bases of the value of the home, as long as he or she is 62 years of age or older. If you are interested in a loan with no monthly payments, fill out our short form today.
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