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40-Year Loan or Modify the 30 and 15?
November 8, 2004 Is the 40-Year Mortgage a Useful Instrument? I don't think so. While 40-year mortgages increase affordability by reducing the mortgage payment, the reduction is very modest. Furthermore, a small tweaking in the 30-year mortgage would accomplish the same thing, ... more...

Is a Balloon Loan Better Than an Adjustable Rate Mortgage?
  May 4, 1998 "I have been offered a 5-year balloon loan at 6.5% and zero points, and a 5-year ARM [adjustable rate mortgage] at 6.125% and zero points. Is there any reason why I should not choose the ARM?" No reason, provided you confidently expect to be out of ... more...

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Secondary Mortgage Market
Secondary Mortgage Market The place where primary mortgage lenders sell the mortgages to investors like Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac in order to obtain more funds for originating more new loans. Secondary mortgage market provides liquidity for the lenders. Government-sponsored ... more...

Negative Amortization
Negative Amortization Negative amortization, also known as Neg Amortization, NegAm, NegAmMort, occurs when borrower pays back less than the full amount of interest owed to the lender each month. The difference betweeen full interest and paid amount is added to the total amount ... more...

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Mortgage Refinance Quote Offers Flexibility to Homeowners
Over the past several years, the housing market in the U.S. has boomed. Homeowners have watched their home equity balloon as housing prices have soared. In many areas in the U.S., modest homes purchased as recently as seven years ago have doubled or tripled in value. During that same period, ... more...

Bad Credit Florida Mortgage Loans
Mortgage loans are the loans taken while purchasing a house or property. There are various kinds of mortgage loans namely, FHA (Federal Housing Administration) loans, consolidation loans, land loans, conventional loans, balloon loans and refinance mortgage loans.Mortgage loan rates in Florida have ... more...

Comparing Mortgage Rates
When you're getting ready to buy a new house, you're likely going to be confronted with a variety of mortgage options. You might have to choose whether to apply for a standard loan or a balloon mortgage, as well as whether to go for a shorter loan term like 10 years or a longer term of 20 or 30 ... more...

How to Spot and Avoid Predatory Lending
Predatory lenders promise loans that are "too good to be true" and pressure borrowers to take them on the spot. Here's a few things you or your family and friends should know about spotting and avoid predatory loans:How to Spot a Predatory Loan*Balloon payments.*High interest rates.*Monthly ... more...

Mortgages: Encouraging Stronger Personal Economic Growth
Monetary policy of every individual works though different channels. Financial conditions are fluctuating always making way for loopholes in your particular economy. Being a homeowner equips you with the ability to take on mortgages for sustained economic expansion. You have already completed the ... more...

First Time Buyer Home Loans - Things To Consider When Applying Online
As a first time home buyer, there are several things you should consider when applying for a loan online. First, do you know what type of loan you want? Secondly, do you want personal service or better rates? And finally, how do you plan on scheduling in a home loan?Type Of LoanMortgage loans come ... more...

Home Mortgages: Think Before You Borrow
In today's overheated housing market, lenders are making it easier and easier to get a mortgage. For example, some lenders have lowered the credit score needed to qualify for a mortgage. Others have increased the debt load that borrowers can carry or have made it easier for borrowers to get loans ... more...

To Refinance or not to Refinance -- Here is the Answer
I have written many articles on refinancing a fixed rate mortgage to an adjustable rate mortgage. I have helped people cut as much as $800 off their monthly payments by turning their high fixed rate mortgage loan into a much lower ARM. This may be the time, however, to put the strategy in reverse ... more...

What Is The Best Deal For A Mortgage?
Few of us invest the time and effort into researching and securing the best deal for a mortgage to purchase our home.For most of us, our house is the single most important and expensive purchase we ever make!We invest a lot of time and effort into finding the perfect property in the best location ... more...

Home Equity Loan Risks
Home equity loans give individuals a tool to extend their existing credit line by securing debt on the equity value of their existing homes. This access to easy and cheap money can lure the borrower into securing a debt for reasons which otherwise could have been funded through wise money ... more...

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