Things that You Need to Know before Financing Your Home
Frequent Asking Questions:What are Points? A. There are several types of mortgage related costs called "points" and their definitions and purposes vary. Generally, points are costs that must be paid to a lender in order to receive mortgage financing under specified terms. One point means 1% of ... more...

Why a California Mortgage Quote is Sometimes Higher - and Why it Doesn't Have To Be
When it comes to California mortgage quotes, the rate is important but it is also necessary to consider the overall costs involved. Factors like the APR, loan fees, discount and origination points need to be properly understood and calculated.Counting the Points Lenders may or may not include ... more...

Home Equity Loans in Texas
A few notes of importance: This only applies to a homestead property, that is the customers primary residence LTV refers to Loan to Value, meaning the loan amount as compared to the value of the home. As an example, a loan of $75,000 on a home valued at $100,000 would be a loan at 75% LTV. These ... more...

Mortgage Broker Marketing: Can You Tell The Difference
If you ask a real estate agent, Whats the difference between mortgage brokers? youll consistently hear the same response, Nothing, or Theyre all the same. Yet, when you look closely, there are lots of differences between them.There are mortgage brokers who get 98% of their loans closed on time, and ... more...

How to Sell Bonds
If you want to make good money with banks, or any institution, Government and agency bonds are where it is at. Simply because all Government bonds and agencies are AAA rated, and banks can buy millions of dollars of any bond without incurring any credit risk.All banks own bonds of some sort, and ... more...

Mortgage Marketing: What To Expect From Your New Website
The day has come for your new website to go 'Live'. After tweaking this and changing that you are finally ready for the herds of potential clients to bombard your website with promising loan applications. While you sit by your email program for a few hours waiting for that first application to come ... more...

Selecting the Right Mortgage for You
A mortgage is a loan you take out to buy a home. This loan covers the "principal" (purchase price of the house minus your down payment) plus the "interest," which is the fee a lender charges you to borrow the money.There are various types of mortgages, including Fixed-rate, Adjustable-rate, Balloon ... more...

Why Buy Property Overseas - A Case History
This is a true case history detailing the purchase of a holiday home overseas. By describing a real-life experience of buying a home in Spain we explain why people buy property overseas and show how to buy an overseas property with minimum outlay.Mr and Mrs Jones bought an apartment in Spain in ... more...

Five Hot Tips To Get Out Of Debt Forever
The financial and psychological burden of being in debt causes us and our families continuous emotional stress. That stress eats away at the quality of our lives and leaves us feeling powerless, angry, depressed and helpless.But there is a way out in fact, there are five simple and ... more...