Archive for the ‘Mortgage-Refinance’ Category

How the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac takeover are lowering Rates

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

If one is presented with two investments of equal risk, the informed investor will choose the investment that offers a higher return rate. This is fundamental to personal investing and is called Risk Aversion.

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Congress Now Providing Tax Relief For Foreclosed Homes

Sunday, September 21st, 2008

Sometimes a homeowner sells his property at a price lower than is owed on the mortgage. It can happen that the lender will decide to declare the debt fully paid and accept the lower price.

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Understanding the Pending Home Sales Index

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
by Rob Kosberg

When home sellers accept a contract on MLS-listed property, the property’s official status changes from “Active” to “Pending”. By measuring the number of “Pending” homes nationwide, the National Association of Realtors publishes its once-monthly Pending Homes Sales Index.

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Reverse Mortgage Pitfalls: Truth Or Dare?

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
by Barry Crewse

Reverse mortgage pitfalls occur nearly everyday. Are you considering such a loan and if you are have you thought about the negative aspects of such a loan?

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Miami Reverse Mortgage: Specifics of the Area

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
by Igor Buces

When searching for a Miami reverse mortgage, you want to discover how they function. In addition, you need to become conscious of the conditions that make this city and this market cycle challenging for senior citizens asking for any kind of home loan. When you do the research, you can learn about the strengths and reduce the disadvantages related with this kind of home loan.

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4 Simple Steps to Excellent Credit

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
by Rob Kosberg

Good credit is absolutely vital in our country. Many mistakes are made and well documented in handling credit yet no one would argue how important it is to maintain good credit habits. The following is a few basics that will help you improve your scores.

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Get a Low Cost 15 Year Mortgage and Pay Off Early!

Sunday, July 20th, 2008
by John Bottel

There is always a debate when home buyers have to decide on the merits of 15 or 30 year fixed mortgage rates. Buying a home later in life means that many people want to have the mortgage paid off early. Decisions of this nature need careful consideration before any commitment is made. Home buyers looking into this need to be assured their monthly payments will not increase.

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FHA Guidelines: 5 Myths About FHA Loans

Sunday, July 20th, 2008
by Carl Pruitt

An FHA mortgage is an excellent tool which can be used to allow many first time home buyers with no credit or past credit problems to break into the housing market. Due to the mortgage crisis going on now, prices on homes for sale are lower and seller concessions are higher than they have been in years. Unfortunately, most of the 100% financing conventional and subprime loan programs which were available to potential homeowners are gone now. FHA is the only mortgage program available for many prospective buyers to use to buy a home. Hundreds of thousands of homeowners who bought homes financed with subprime mortgages over the past few years now face huge interest rate adjustments of up to 5 percent or more. Spend 5 minutes watching a business news channel these days and it is easy to understand why these people believe they have no other mortgage options left.

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Why UK Mortgages Are Now So Hard To Obtain

Thursday, July 17th, 2008
by Dave Joa

Unfortunately the effect of the Credit Crunch now means that many previously available Bad Credit Mortgages (sub-prime) have been withdrawn from the market by many of the big mortgage companies.

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Why Getting A Mortgage In The UK Is No Longer Easy

Thursday, July 17th, 2008
by Dave Joa

Because of the Credit Crunch and the sudden disappearance of sub-prime mortgages for people who need a Bad Credit Mortgage find a the mortgage you need is not an easy task.

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