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3% Down payment Can Get Your Dream House

May 9, 2016 3 Comments

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ISince the housing market crash of 2010, getting a mortgage has become more difficult. Low-interest rates are tempting to many who are looking to quit renting and to start building equity. But getting the loan approved is a huge task. Often these loans require you to pay a big down payment. But wait, you have an alternative solution, where you can only pay 3% down payment to get the home you wish to buy.

Should You Buy Home

With so much scrutiny, finding someone to lend you money has become increasingly difficult. If you are being dissuaded from owning the American dream, take heart. The Bank of America has announced that they will begin a new program which will allow those who have as little as 3 percent down to give, to get a mortgage for home ownership.

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Important Steps to Home Ownership

March 18, 2015 2 Comments

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So, you’re ready to make the big leap into home ownership? Good for you. Home ownership can be a great experience and holds a number of tangible and intangible benefits. But first, you need to actually buy that property, which, especially if this is your first home, can feel more than a little complicated.

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Understanding the mortgage process

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Things to Consider Before Refinancing your Mortgage

July 10, 2014 10 Comments

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We are not home owners yet but, we have many home owners friends who recently refinanced their mortgage. We are in our 30’s so most of friends are and refinancing at this age, makes every sense. On a 30 year mortgage even a quarter percentage point gain in interest rate means saving a few thousands of dollars. This article is geared towards home owners who are looking to refinance

Refinancing Home

You may think that refinancing should bring some mortgage payment relief to you as long as you manage to lower interested rate. This sounds great, but in many cases, refinancing can cost more in processing fees than it could actually save you in monthly payments.

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5 Things to Look for When Comparing Homeloan Options

March 4, 2014 1 Comment

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I’ll probably soon be in market for home loans. Making myself prepared for the intricacies of mortgage. This will be our biggest ever financial decision. Want to venture in to it slowly to avoid hasty decision. I have written about some of my finding in tips for buying home and first things to consider while looking for home.

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Purchasing your own home may be the biggest expense you will ever make. If you have saved for a deposit and have your finances under control, the next step is to look for the right home loan for you. Many lenders will offer you many different options. Check them all out but go for a trustworthy lender with a good reputation.

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10 Things you Should do Before Buying your First Home

September 6, 2013 10 Comments

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We may be very soon start looking for a home of our own. So, I thought this was the perfect time to research on home buying and document that in my blog. It’s not like buying home is the best financial decision for us at this moment. My post should I buy or should I rent, reflects that renting is the better financial decision for us. But, owning home has certain other psychological advantages, which we have ignored so far.

Mortgage Loan

Like most these days, we will start looking for properties over the net. But, before start short listing properties, we should do all the necessary groundwork. This post is  recap of the things I learned so far as part of my ground work.

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Millions of American Homeowners Could Refinance and Save with HARP

June 26, 2013 4 Comments

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This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Quicken Loans for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

by Clayton Closson

You read that title correctly.

An estimated 2.7 million American households could refinance to today’s mortgage rates (which are near historic lows, in case you haven’t been paying attention) through the gov’s HARP program. And they can do it even if they owe more money than their home is worth. Up to 200%. But they aren’t. And we don’t know why.

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Ways to Save Money From Your Home Loan

February 20, 2013 Leave a Comment

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The following article contains financial advice that might not be suitable for US audience. as Saving account rates in US is too low to consider it as an investment option. This article is more suitable to countries where savings bank rate is much higher than in US.

Bank Savings Rate

From time to time, most of us will need to take out a home loan. This may be in order to cover an unexpected expense or to finance a more planned project. The overall cost of these products can be high, as they will generally include an arrangement fee and monthly interest charges. However, it is possible for a shrewd borrower to minimize these costs by using a variety of money saving techniques. For example, in order to offset some of their costs, borrowers can invest a proportion of their loan in a high interest savings account.

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