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Can the First Payment Be Collected Early?
Revised April 30, 1999 " We recently refinanced our first mortgage and a home equity line of credit with the closing on June 17,1998. The mortgage broker said that monthly payments would start on Aug. 1 but the lender demanded a payment on July 1. Upon researching the loan ... more...

Pitfalls in the Financing of Home Construction
  March 22, 1999 " My wife and I are considering having a house built for us and I would like to know the basics of combination construction/permanent mortgages. What do we look out for?" Construction can ... more...

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Secondary Mortgage Market
Secondary Mortgage Market The place where primary mortgage lenders sell the mortgages to investors like Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac in order to obtain more funds for originating more new loans. Secondary mortgage market provides liquidity for the lenders. Government-sponsored ... more...

Negative Amortization
Negative Amortization Negative amortization, also known as Neg Amortization, NegAm, NegAmMort, occurs when borrower pays back less than the full amount of interest owed to the lender each month. The difference betweeen full interest and paid amount is added to the total amount ... more...

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Hidden Bank Loan Charges That Would Make a Pick-Pocket Envious
There can be more to a bank business loan than making interest and principal payments. Your firm may get a great rate on its new credit line or term loan but you may cry on the way home when you discover the hidden fees and charges.Even seasoned borrowers can be caught off guard. Borrowing costs ... more...

Debt Consolidation Loan Helps You to Manage Your Debt
Debt is a source of finance that helps you, to fulfill your desires. In the past, you must have taken debt from more than one lender to meet your funds requirement. And now it is becoming difficult for you to handle so many lenders at one time. What will you do now? There is a solution to this ... more...

No Credit Car Loans - Car Loan Approval with No Credit History
Getting an approval for a car loan when you have no credit history can often times be almost as difficult as getting a car loan approved when you have bad credit. There are things that can be done, however, which will improve your chances of finding a no credit car loan.Ask your employer for a ... more...

The Benefits Of Having Good Credit When Purchasing An Auto Loan
There are no limits to the benefits of having good credit when purchasing an auto loan. A credit rating shows someone's history of payments. A credit report details all of this. Creditors send the credit bureaus updates with the customer's financial information on it. The credit report has an ... more...

How Much Home Loan Can I Afford?
Have you ever asked yourself how much home loan can I afford? If you know how much of a payment you qualify for before shopping for a home, your purchase will go much smoother and it can save you a lot of headaches.How would you like to find the perfect place to live then not know if you can ... more...

Getting Raw Land, Not a Raw Deal!
There is more to buying raw land than meets the eye and more than a few individuals have wished theyd had a second chance upon finding themselves duped, conned, misled, ill-advised, uninformed, oversold, undereducated and often unprepared. They realize, often too late, that a raw land purchase ... more...

RESPA: The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) is a consumer protection statute, first passed in 1974. One of its purposes is to help consumers become better shoppers for settlement services. Another purpose is to eliminate kickbacks and referral fees that increase unnecessarily the costs of ... more...

Credit Help for Real Estate Financing: Five Categories of Your Credit Score
1. Payment History -- 35%The number of accounts paid as agreed and a good payment history give you a higher score.Negative points lower credit scores because of 30 days, 60 days, and 90 days late on any debt. The dollar amount of these delinquencies also impacts credit scores. Severity of ... more...

Credit Score: A Guide to Credit Scoring and Improving Your Credit Score
Dont get excited guys, this is not that kind of score and its impact lasts much longer than 30 seconds. We are talking about credit scoring and credit score that is also known as FICO (Fair Isaac & Co.) score.So what is credit scoring? You have heard of personality profile that dating services use ... more...

Repayment of Loans Lessening the Bitterness of the Process
So how have you planned the repayment? Dont tell if you havent started the plannings yet. It is high time the plannings and the decisions be made regarding the repayment of the loan. The amount of loan is a sizeable figure and planning for the repayment on the D-day will only make the repayment ... more...


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