Curious Points - Interesting Facts

November 23rd, 2009

Want a 17.5 year mortgage without big payments?
If you have a 30 year mortgage, make 1 extra payment a year. The closer you make this payment to your 1st payment anniversary the quicker it is paid off. Do this every year. Make sure your tell your lender to apply the full payment to the principle. If you apply this same trick to a 15 year mortgage you will then have your mortgage paid in approximately 7.5 years. Read the rest of this entry »

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Selling Investment Property can be Expensive

November 20th, 2009

Careful Planning and Perfect Timing
A tax free exchange is the perfect way to keep money invested in real estate while growing your bank account. You don’t have to pay Uncle Sam when you sell one property to move up in value. An exchange is the best way to keep all of your money invested. Tax free exchanges have very specific time frames that must be adhered to in order not to have to pay the capital gains tax on depreciation and apreciation. There are also specific rules that must be followed for your money to come out of real estate tax free. Read the rest of this entry »

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Second Mortgage

April 27th, 2009

Home is the biggest asset that one has at his disposal. The greatest advantages of home ownership is that it acts as collateral for a sizeable loan.
A second mortgage is a loan made in addition to your first mortgage, and it’s based on the amount of equity you have built into your home. Many people use them to pay medical bills, pay home renovations bills or to pay off credit cards.
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Bad Credit

March 19th, 2009

For people with bad credit, getting a mortgage refinance may be a challenge. But nowadays, there are many companies who are willing to provide this service to people with bad credit. Bad credit means that your financial status is blacklisted because of bankruptcy, late payments, unpaid bills etc. Read the rest of this entry »

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Mortgage Loan Rate

January 28th, 2009

Mortgages are basically classified into two types - the residential mortgage and commercial mortgage types. In defining a mortgage loan rate we can say that it is basically the interest rate charged by a lender on a mortgage loan. The mortgage loan rate might be classified broadly into - the fixed mortgage rate and adjustable mortgage rate. In case of fixed mortgage rates, the interest rates do not change over a period of time; whereas, the interest rates are adjusted and changed from time to time for adjustable rate mortgages.

It has been observed that the initial interest rate in the case of an adjustable rate mortgage is lower than the interest rate for a fixed rate mortgage. This is mainly because in adjustable mortgage rates, the borrower takes on some of the risks associated with the fluctuations in the interest rate. After a stipulated period especially the adjustable    mortgage loan rate is more or less regularly governed by the market index controlling system.
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Mortgage Loan

January 27th, 2009

The method of using a real or personal property as security usually for the payment of a debt is known as mortgage.  A loan taken on the basis of this mortgage is referred as mortgage loan. Mortgage loans are lower in risk compared to other kinds of traditional loans because of the associated value of property. In fact in many countries mortgage loans are used for funding of ownership of private residential properties. Read the rest of this entry »

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Second Mortgages

November 13th, 2008

Second Mortgages can be used to avoid having to pay PMI; by keeping your 1st Mortgage’s LTV under 80% and financing the balance on a 2nd Mortgage. It can also be used to consolidate debt with out having to refinance the 1st Mortgage or as a Line of Credit for potential future emergency’s (new roof, cesspool, Boiler or anything).

There are two main types of 2nd mortgages:
§ Home Equity Loans
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Adjustable Rate Loans

November 12th, 2008

Adjustable rates are rates that change at pre-specified points based on changes in the market index. Adjustable rates are scary to some people mostly because they don’t understand them. An adjustable rate will have a fixed period and then change at a pre-specified point during the term of the loan. The shorter the fixed period the lower the starting rate (before it adjusts) will be. The fixed period of an adjustable loan can range from as short as 1 month from the date of the closing to 10 years from the date of the closing. Read the rest of this entry »

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