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Mortgages
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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Bad Credit Refinance
Debt consolidation can help you get from under the stress and pressure of collections calls and the mountain of bills that come to you each month in the mail. Refinancing all of your small loans into one larger one will allow you to have one monthly payment. This will help you pay off your debt more easily, generally with a lower interest rate and often lower monthly payments. Also, lenders understand that applicants looking for to refinance in order to consolidate debt usually have damaged credit and so the requirements for this type of refinancing would be more lenient.
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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
Land loans, unlike mortgage loans, are provided solely for the purpose of acquiring land on which to build a new home. Land is a finite quantity anywhere you go and in today’s world it is at a premium because there is only so much to go around. Finding an appropriate lot for a home can be on the level of difficulty of finding an affordable loan for land. Financing can also be more difficult if the borrower intends to wait for more than a few months to build on the property because it adds to the perceived risk if the lot turns out to not be suitable for the building without major work done on the land.
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Mortgage Calculation
Amortization is the repayment schedule for both the principal and interest of your mortgage which is usually made by equal payments on a monthly basis.. Mortgage calculation shows what this monthly payment will be, depending on certain loan terms, including, loan amount, interest rate, and term. If your loan term is 15 years, your interest rate is 7%, and your loan amount is $150,000, your monthly payment comes to $1,348. Mortgage calculation can also show you that your total interest paid of the life of this loan would be $92,683. Some people would look at these figures and decide that $1,348 is too high a monthly payment that will not fit into the budget. In this case, you could change around the terms, for example, switch to a 30 year term, which would drop the monthly payment by $351, making it $997 monthly, but would double the amount of interest paid over the life of the loan.
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Mortgages Online
These days mortgages are as diverse as the people seeking them. There are loans for people with good credit or bad credit, and loans specifically geared for those trying to consolidate debt, for families wanting to build their new homes, for Veterans, even for explicitly for police officers and teachers. Finding the right mortgage has never been easier. Fill out our free short form to contact a mortgage expert.
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Reverse Mortgage
Like FHA loans, there is a federally insured reverse mortgage. The Home Equity Conversion Mortgage, also known as HECM. To qualify for a federally insure reverse mortgage, a borrower must own a single-family unit, a 2-4 unit building or another federally approved unit.
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