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Mortgage Loan Types:
• Refinance
• Second
Mortgage
• Debt
Consolidation
• New
Purchase
• FHA
• Home
Improvement
• Reverse
Mortgages
• Commercial
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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
Whether or not to refinance is a question that borrowers ponder almost throughout the life of their loan. If you have bad credit, you may be wondering if going through the process is worthwhile. You may even be thinking of refinancing as a way to consolidate debt and wondering if that would be an effective way to help your credit. Refinancing can be an excellent way to find a loan with better terms or to consolidate debt. Apply online today to contact up to four 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
Usually, the homebuyer places a down payment on the lot and uses a line of credit to finance the construction of the home. As construction moves along, the buyer borrows from the line of credit to finance the building. Once the construction is finished, the land loan and the line of credit are rolled into a single mortgage to be paid by the homeowner.
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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
Once qualified for a reverse mortgage a homeowner can receive it all at once, through monthly increments, or through a line of credit. Depending on the lender and the expected needs of the borrower, any of the above could possibly be the best fit
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