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Can the First Payment Be Collected Early?
Revised April 30, 1999 " We recently refinanced our first mortgage and a home equity line of credit with the closing on June 17,1998. The mortgage broker said that monthly payments would start on Aug. 1 but the lender demanded a payment on July 1. Upon researching the loan ... more...

Pitfalls in the Financing of Home Construction
  March 22, 1999 " My wife and I are considering having a house built for us and I would like to know the basics of combination construction/permanent mortgages. What do we look out for?" Construction can ... 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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RESPA: The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) is a consumer protection statute, first passed in 1974. One of its purposes is to help consumers become better shoppers for settlement services. Another purpose is to eliminate kickbacks and referral fees that increase unnecessarily the costs of ... more...

Way To Establish A Good Line of Credit
If you need to borrow money, home equity lines may be one useful source of credit. Initially at least, they may provide you with large amounts of cash at relatively low interest rates and they may provide you with certain tax advantages unavailable with other kinds of loans. A line of credit, ... more...

Credit Reports
Credit reports are, quite simply, electronic records of your credit activities. These activities can range from borrowing money to buy a car to applying for a loan or credit card or missing payments on loans you have taken. The report is generated so that potential lenders can see how you use ... more...

How To Boost Your Credit Score
Years ago your credit score was a big secret, known only to a select few such as your mortgage and credit card companies. In 2000, Fair, Isaac Co., the major supplier of credit scoring software, announced they would begin sharing credit scores, also known as FICO scores, with consumers.What is a ... more...

Home Equity Loan - With a Reverse Mortgage, Your Home Pays You!
The home equity loan has become quite popular in the last five years, and Americans have tapped into the equity of their homes in record numbers. The reasons vary, although home improvement and debt consolidation are the most common reasons for borrowing against a homes equity.In the last fifteen ... more...

Home Equity Loan With a Reverse Mortgage, Your Home Pays You!
The home equity loan has become quite popular in the last five years, and Americans have tapped into the equity of their homes in record numbers. The reasons vary, although home improvement and debt consolidation are the most common reasons for borrowing against a homes equity.In the last fifteen ... more...

Different Types of Bad Credit
If you have a bad credit history it can still be possible for you to get a loan as long as you can meet the specific guidelines for loan approval by a multitude of lenders specialized bad credit loans. The lending industry uses categories to asess the credit risk of any particular borrower. A-minus ... more...

Do You Know The Score And What Does FICO Have To Do With It?
Your credit score is also commonly known as your FICO score. So what is your FICO score? FICO (Fair Isaac and Company Inc) is the credit rating that determines whether or not you get to finance that first car, purchase that first home or buy just about anything else you might want using credit. ... more...

Five Do's To Get the Best Mortgage
The number one rule: pay your bills on time. There is no single element that can do so dramatic impact on the success of an application as your credit history. Another thing, of course, is savings. You should establish a good disciplined savings habit. Although there are a lot of programs right now ... more...

Getting Raw Land, Not a Raw Deal!
There is more to buying raw land than meets the eye and more than a few individuals have wished theyd had a second chance upon finding themselves duped, conned, misled, ill-advised, uninformed, oversold, undereducated and often unprepared. They realize, often too late, that a raw land purchase ... more...

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