A mortgage calculator is perhaps the most valuable tool for anyone shopping for a new home. The reason is because a mortgage calculator can provide a variety of different figures, including monthly payments, affordability and interest costs. A mortgage calculator allows an individual to input his/her monthly income, monthly debt payments and returns an estimated amount on how much he/she…
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Agreement Of Sale
When the time comes for you to purchase your new home, both you and the seller will have to come to an agreement. The major component of the sale that both you and the seller will have to agree on is the purchase price. On a smaller scale, you both must come to an agreement on the down payment, what…
How To Buy Property Using Hard Money Loans
There are different standards and strategies that real estate investor’s use when evaluating properties. In order for us to get involved with a property, the following standards are judged for the worthiness of any rehab project: “You should look for the worst house on a decent block” 1) Whether your strategy is to “flip” properties, or to hold them for…
Variable Rate Mortgages Setting The Standard
Here’s the first mortgage term you should learn – Standard Variable Rate, or SVR. This is the interest rate you will be paying on the total amount you are borrowing. It is usually expressed as a percentage, and is different from an APR (Annual Percentage Rate). An APR includes all costs associated with the loan, such as interest, fees, any…
Homeowners Rejoice Tax Breaks Are Here
Let’s be honest: April 15th is a day of reckoning, the moment when we find out what we really owe for taxes. In households nationwide wallets are drained and many who were rich on the 14th are greatly impoverished by the 16th. But for those with real estate the load is made lighter by tax rules which encourage the ownership…
The Role Of Mortgage Broker
A mortgage broker is a well-trained professional representing those who seek home mortgages and provides them an ideal solution. He is thorough with the entire mortgage processes. Hence, he will give the clients the best mortgage solution. A mortgage broker is considered as financial matchmaker between the borrower and the lender. Mortgage brokers are very knowledgeable professionals, as they have…
The Right Time For Mortgage Refinancing
If interest rates have dropped by a percentage point or more since you got your first mortgage, refinancing could save you big bucks. And if you have enough equity so that your new mortgage is for less than 80% of your home’s value, you’ll be able to stop paying Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI), which will save you even more. Mortgage…
Securing The Best Mortgage Rate
If you are looking to purchase a new home or refinance the one you are currently living in, you will want to find the best mortgage rate out there. Securing the best mortgage rate for you really isn’t that difficult if you are willing to take some time and educate yourself, as well as put out some feelers to do…
Mortgage Payment Protection Insurance The Do S And Don Ts
When you’ve taken out a mortgage you’ve make a long-term commitment to maintain the monthly repayments for the full duration of the mortgage. That’s going to be over many years but you’re making that commitment without the benefit of a crystal ball – no one knows how your circumstances are going to change, for good or bad. So that must…
Thinking Of An Endowment Mortgage
Endowment mortgage is a type of mortgage where you need not pay the principal amount you have borrowed from the lender, during the term of the loan, you would be paying only the interest and as well as the premium for the endowment policy you have taken. The endowment policy grows large enough at the end of the mortgage period…