| 421. | Is An Interest-Only Mortgage Right For You?
Sometimes when you look at your mortgage you wonder if you`ll ever actually pay it all off, or if you`ll ever make a noticeable dent in it. This is especially true in the first few years when almost all of your monthly checks go toward paying interest...
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| Article XML Feed | | - Tuesday, January 18, 2000 |
| | 422. | A Biweekly Mortgage Can Shorten the Life of Your Loan—and Save You Money
A 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is designed to be paid off in 360 equal monthly payments. If you add a little bit extra to any mortgage check, you knock some time off the life of the loan and reduce the total interest you will pay...
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| Article XML Feed | | - Tuesday, January 11, 2000 |
| | 423. | Early Action is the Best Defense Against Foreclosure
Serious students of football, warfare, and chess all agree that the best defense is a good offense. This strategy also works when you want to defend your home against a foreclosure...
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| Article XML Feed | | - Tuesday, January 04, 2000 |
| | 424. | Is There a Difference Between Being Pre-Qualified and Pre-Approved for a Mortgage?
A good way to get ready for the house hunting and buying process is to get pre-qualified for your home loan. A better way is to get pre-approved...
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| Article XML Feed | | - Tuesday, December 28, 1999 |
| | 425. | Fair Credit Act Keeps Mortgage Borrowing Standardized, National, and Cheap
Not too many years ago when you were looking for a mortgage, where you lived, how long you had lived there, and who you knew could all be as important as how promptly you paid your bills. With the new federal Fair and Accurate Credit Transition (FACT) Act permanently in place, “Everyone is now playing on a level playing field,” explains Kurt Pfotenhauer, senior vice president for governmental affairs for the Mortgage Bakers of America (MBA), the mortgage banking trade association...
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| Article XML Feed | | - Tuesday, December 21, 1999 |
| | 426. | Mortgages Offer Big Benefits at Tax Time
Now that we have our W-2 forms, it’s time to face the taxman. Those of us who are homeowners hh homeowners hhho are homeowners he taxman...
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| Article XML Feed | | - Tuesday, December 14, 1999 |
| | 427. | Do You Want that Mortgage in Regular, Jumbo, or Super Jumbo?
Like coffee, cola, and french fries, mortgages come in three basic sizes. While you could use the terms small, medium and large when referring to fries, they do not really apply to mortgages...
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| Article XML Feed | | - Tuesday, December 07, 1999 |
| | 428. | VA and FHA Raise Loan Limits
If you’re planning to apply for a government-backed mortgage from either the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), the size of the loan you can get has just increased. Both the VA and the FHA, which operates within the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), have raised their 2004 loan limits...
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| Article XML Feed | | - Tuesday, November 30, 1999 |
| | 429. | Online Mortgages are Easier Than Ever
The vast majority of us already use the Internet for email, to stay abreast of breaking news stories, to shop, surf the net, and play games. So the fact that people are now using it to get mortgages should come as no surprise...
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| Article XML Feed | | - Tuesday, November 23, 1999 |
| | 430. | Use These Numbers to Decide How Big a Mortgage You Can Afford
There are houses you want and houses you can afford to buy. How can you make sure that they are one and the same? The answer is in the numbers...
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| Article XML Feed | | - Tuesday, November 16, 1999 |
| | 431. | Mortgage Math 101: Why Most of Your Payments Go Toward Interest
Few things are guaranteed to make the average homebuyer`s eyes glaze over faster than a discussion of mortgage amortization tables. If you keep reading, not only will you be able to understand them, you`ll also understand why your mortgage payments are set up the way they are...
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| Article XML Feed | | - Tuesday, November 09, 1999 |
| | 432. | Increased Mortgage Limits Can Help Homebuyers
The 2004 conventional loan limit of $333,700 for single-family homebuyers shows that while the average price of a home in the U.S. continued to grow in 2003, it didn’t grow as much as it did in the previous year. It does verify, however, that buying a home continues to be a good investment—possibly one of the best ones you could make...
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| Article XML Feed | | - Tuesday, November 02, 1999 |
| | 433. | Kids Need More Than Cash for Their First Mortgage
All parents want to help their children succeed in everything that they do. They want them to get a good education, to have successful careers and to have rewarding lives and a home of their own...
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| Article XML Feed | | - Tuesday, October 26, 1999 |
| | 434. | Ask Your Mortgage Lender Questions—Lots and Lots of Questions
Having questions—lots and lots of questions—is a natural part of the mortgage process. Asking good questions will help guide you to the right loan from the right lender...
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| Article XML Feed | | - Tuesday, October 19, 1999 |
| | 435. | Study the Dangers as Well as Advantages of a HELOC
With mortgage interest rates down and the economy tight, there is a lot to be said for taking advantage of the equity in your home to help pay off your credit cards and other high-interest-rate debt. A Home Equity Line of Credit, commonly called a HELOC, can consolidate your debts, reduce the interest you pay on them and make that interest tax deductible...
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| Article XML Feed | | - Tuesday, October 12, 1999 |
| | 436. | Private Mortgage Insurance--Can It Help You?
Private Mortgage Insurance is a special fee that many people pay to get a mortgage. You may see these people as a special group, because they help to increase the numbers of homeowners...
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| Article XML Feed | | - Tuesday, October 05, 1999 |
| | 437. | APR Spells Out True Cost of Your Mortgage
We all see and hear the initials “APR” so often on many different types of advertisements and commercials that we feel as if we should know exactly what they mean. We know that they are important, especially when it comes time to get a new mortgage...
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| Article XML Feed | | - Tuesday, September 28, 1999 |
| | 438. | VA Loans Now Include New Hybrid, Three-Year ARM
U.S. veterans now have another weapon in their home-buying arsenal, an Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM). The new hybrid ARM went into effect on October 1 as a two-year pilot program...
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| Article XML Feed | | - Tuesday, September 21, 1999 |
| | 439. | Is an Interest-Only Mortgage Right For You?
Sometimes when you look at your mortgage you wonder if you`ll ever actually pay it all off, or if you`ll ever make a noticeable dent in it. This is especially true in the first few years when almost all of your monthly checks go toward paying interest...
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