With the raging hot real estate market of the last five years, mortgages have evolved wide spread options. The different home loans can be confusing, so lets look at the basic repayment options.
Repaying Your Mortgage Home Loans The Basics
Jumbo loans, variable rates, fixed, interest only the variety of mortgage home loans seems almost endless. One way to bring a little clarity to the situation is to look at the basic issue of how you have to repay the loan. Doing so can give you a better idea of what it is going to honestly cost you and whether you can realistically meet the obligation.
The traditional and most common mortgage repayment is one that combines capital and interest over time. The most basic of these loans has been the 30-year repayment mortgage with a fixed interest rate. You typically make a payment each month with part of the payment reducing the principal on the loan and the rest going to interest. At the outset of the loan, the amount applied to the principal debt is usually very small. It will grow over time as the years pass.
A variety of mortgage options have come into existence that focus on interest payments. Although they...