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Mortgages
The first terms you will come across in determining the conditions you want
for your mortgage are fixed and adjustable.
- Fixed rates are constant through out the repayment of your loan and give
you the stability of knowing your monthly payment will be the same at the
end of your loan as they were at the start.
- Adjustable rates are less predictable because they adjust with current rate
indexes and can rise or fall as your repayment period progresses. The lessened
stability of this loan is balanced out by lenient qualifying, low introductory
rates, and the knowledge that an adjustable rate loan has a cap, or ceiling
to keep the rate from rising too high.
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Bad Credit Refinance
An adjustable rate loan is often taken on by people with bad credit. If your situation has improved since you closed your first loan and you believe you can qualify for a fixed rate loan, or if you desperately want a lower adjustable rate cap, refinancing can help you. Refinancing to a fixed loan will give you the security of know exactly what your monthly payments will be for the life of your loan, and a low rate cap will give you the knowledge that your adjustable rate will not climb too high. Refinancing may get you a loan with the security that you did not obtain the first time around.
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Home Equity
The reverse mortgage is also an adjustable rate mortgage, but is unique because the homeowner (who must be 62 years or older) is at no time obligated to make monthly payments on the loan. The amount of the equity on the home is made available to the owner in full, in monthly advances or as a line of credit, only to be repaid after the life of the owner through the sale of the home or by the family if they would like to keep the home.
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Land Loan
It is not uncommon for land loans to carry an interest rate that is a few points higher because of the added risk. For this reason it is sensible to make a sizable down payment on the land loan because it will be rolled into a single mortgage with your construction loan once the property is finished. Because land is often snatched up quickly once it becomes available it pays to talk to a lender before beginning your hunt to discuss your finance options so you can move quickly when land becomes available.
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Mortgage Calculation
Use mortgage calculation to make sure that the loan you obtain is in action what it appears to be on paper. Use our mortgage calculator to research your terms or apply online to contact lenders about your new mortgage.
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Mortgages Online
Other basic but important terms to understand are:
- Principal is the amount borrowed (on which interest acts) which is repaid
monthly
- Amortization is the process of repaying the amount borrowed through monthly
payments of principal and interest.
- Negative amortization is when the monthly payment is not high to adequately
pay the loan off. In this case interest builds too quickly and the principal
grows instead of decreasing. This can occur because of lender scams or because
of monthly payment caps.
- Equity is the value of your house left over after subtracting the total
of your mortgage. If your house has a market value of $130,000 and a mortgage
of $100,000, the equity is $30,000.
- An index is used to determine the rate on an adjustable rate loan. For some
loans this rate may be the Prime Rate or the average rate of a one year Government
Treasury Security.
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Reverse Mortgage
Once the borrowing period has ended, which does not occur during the life of the homeowner unless he or she decides to sell, the home does not necessarily have to be sold. The homeowner’s heirs can take out a regular mortgage in order to keep the home. Also, if the house is sold and the selling price does not cover the amount of the loan, the loss is covered by insurance, and not through the borrower’s estate.
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