As you apply for a home loan or look to refinance your home, it is important to understand your situation and how it will be affected by the type of loan that you will be applying for.
But first, it is important to find out why you need the loan. For instance, do you need it for a home...
A mortgage is a practice by which the ownership of the property is passed from the mortgagor, to the mortgagee, in return for the loan of the money, the mortgagee is the lender and the mortgagor is the borrower. The mortgagee has limited rights on the property until the loan is paid off. Most...
A mortgage broker is a well-trained professional representing those who seek home mortgages and provides them an ideal solution. He is thorough with the entire mortgage processes. Hence, he will give the clients the best mortgage solution. A mortgage broker is considered as financial matchmaker...
If interest rates have dropped by a percentage point or more since you got your first mortgage, refinancing could save you big bucks. And if you have enough equity so that your new mortgage is for less than 80% of your homes value, youll be able to stop paying Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI),...
Why would loan officers and mortgage brokers work with Mortgage-Leads.com? To mitigate their own risks when it comes to advertising. Loan officers and mortgage brokers profit from the loans they close on. If they have no clients, they have no profits. Mortgage leads mitigate those risks by...
Planning for retirement can be a daunting task, long-term care, investments or annuities, lack of retirement income. These all lead to unnecessary frustration. A reverse mortgage could settle some of that headache. Since most seniors will have need to reduce their current spending while retired,...
An adjustable rate mortgage, commonly referred to as an ARM, is a mortgage where the interest rate on the mortgage changes periodically, on a schedule, according to an index. The most common indexes used to determine the interest rates are:
-> One-year constant maturity treasury...
Around 3.85 million home owners believe that a non existent state benefit will enable them to keep up with mortgage repayments in the event of losing their income.
Almost one in ten home owners wrongly believe that the government will pay their mortgage if they are unable to do so for...
Having a mortgage can be expensive; with the interest that is charged over the life of your mortgage, a large portion of what you end up paying is nothing more than interest payments and not the loan itself. Obviously it’s important to be able to pay off your mortgage as quickly as...
Michigan Mortgage – What to Expect When Buying a Home in Michigan
Maybe youre buying your first home in Michigan, or perhaps youre relocating to Michigan from another state. Either way, its important that you educate yourself on Michigan home loans before shopping for a home and...
Mias Calls On Mortgage Lenders To Fix Their Exit Fees
MIAS, the Mortgage and Insurance Advisory Services, is concerned that, despite the recent publicity and various campaigns in the press, borrowers are still being stung by punitive exit fees.
Lenders charge exit fees when...
Millions of credit card borrowers are about to face larger monthly payments, a change that represents both good news and bad for consumers.
Under new guidelines suggested by the federal government, starting in January minimum monthly payments for credit card debt will generally increase....