Mortgages
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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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
A home equity line of credit is like a home equity loan in that the house is used as collateral. However, home equity lines of credit allow borrowers to set up a credit line that can be used much like a credit card. During a period of time, usually five to ten years, the homeowner is able to take large or small amounts from the account until the drawing period ends or the amount of the loan is exhausted. This type of loan is an adjustable rate mortgage, which varies with the market.
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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
Mortgage calculation can also help you plan whether or not you would like to include extra payments in your repayment schedule. On the loan of $150,000 at 7% interest with a 30 year term and a monthly payment of $997, one extra yearly payment can save a homeowner nearly $50,000 in interest payments. If this loan had a 15 year term, the difference that of extra yearly payment would be far less impressive, saving just over $9,500. If you are interested in making an extra yearly payment and feel you it will not put too much strain on your finances, it is a good idea to discuss this with your lender. Extra payments can cause you to finish paying your balance before the scheduled end of the repayment period and some lenders have prepayment fees, so you should check to make sure there are no such penalties or include these extra payments in your repayment schedule.
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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.