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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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Debt Management
How do you know that you are in DEBT? How do you know that you are really in deep DEBT? Do you think you need DEBT MANAGEMENT or DEBT CONSOLIDATION? This are the questions that most professionals will ask you about. If not, you will ask yourself this question. The true fact is that once you are ... more...

FICO Scores and Mortgage Rates
If you are in the process of getting a house and are planning to get either a fixed rate or interest only mortgage, the mortgage rate that you pay would go a certain length to help you decide. There are three main elements that effect you mortgage rate including the Federal Reserve Discount ... more...

Repayment of Loans Lessening the Bitterness of the Process
So how have you planned the repayment? Dont tell if you havent started the plannings yet. It is high time the plannings and the decisions be made regarding the repayment of the loan. The amount of loan is a sizeable figure and planning for the repayment on the D-day will only make the repayment ... more...

5 Tips to Improve Your Credit Score
Boosting your credit score can save you money. Your credit score is a number based on how well you pay back loans on time, sometimes called a FICO score. The higher the score, the less risky you are. The 3 players are Experian, Equifax and TransUnion.Your goal is to get above 620. Thats the ... more...

Discover the Parts of a Credit Report and What They Mean
So you ordered a copy of your credit report to check for inaccuracies and get the most from your credit score. Now how do you read it? Your credit report is read and used by any number of people you deal with on a daily basis, from your landlord to your employer to a potential lender. Fortunately, ... more...

Facts You Should Know About Types of Loans
When you set out to borrow, you often come across terms like unsecured loans, revolving loans, adjustable rate loans, etc. While these terms are more or less self-explanatory, it is still useful to be clear on their exact meanings and what they imply before you finalize a loan contract. Unsecured ... more...

Credit Report Look Out for Your Debit Report, Too
Most consumers are aware that there are companies that keep track of their personal financial transactions installment loans, mortgages, credit card accounts, bankruptcies and judgements. These items are assembled by the three main credit bureaus into a credit report, which is available upon ... more...

How To Get Out Of Credit Card Debt
If youre like the average person, let me warn you ahead of time about what Im going to reveal in the next few paragraphs. You may be angry after you finish reading this article about how youve been misled in the use of credit card debt.The American economy is designed to make you work yourself to ... more...

No Credit Car Loans - Car Loan Approval with No Credit History
Getting an approval for a car loan when you have no credit history can often times be almost as difficult as getting a car loan approved when you have bad credit. There are things that can be done, however, which will improve your chances of finding a no credit car loan.Ask your employer for a ... more...

Devising Newer Ways of Repayment
How good would it have been had there been no obligation to repay the loan or mortgage? This is what most people think when required to make the monthly repayments. But try as much as they can, they are never able to change the situation.The borrower has to cut his monthly expenses to provide for ... more...

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