Posts Tagged ‘new home mortgage’

Home Mortgages

Friday, June 5th, 2009

Home Mortgages on New Homes are Harder to Get

Home Mortgages on New Homes are Harder to Get

Home mortgages are a scary thing for lots of people these days. But they don’t have to be. Now that the home mortgage industry is changed, and standards are stiffer for getting home mortgages, the potential borrower is required to do a bit more homework when applying for the loan. But just because it’s harder doesn’t mean it’s impossible! The requirements for home mortgages now include:

  1. a bigger down payment- at least twenty percent in most cases
  2. complete financial history
  3. continuous employment history
  4. proof of income
  5. explanation of problems or gaps in your financial history

If you can afford any of the types of mortgages out there, then you should not have much of a problem satisfying the new tighter standards for getting a loan. After all, if you don’t have any savings, should you really be buying property? If you have a very low income, can you afford to make mortgage payements? Home mortgages are serious financial investments, so you should carefully consider if right now is the right time for you to be committing to a home mortgage. It’s a big responsibility, one of the biggest investments of your life.

Mortgage Home Loans

Friday, June 5th, 2009
Mortgage Home Loans

Mortgage Home Loans

Mortgage home loans are a different breed these days. Gone are the days of low down payments and low-doc loans. Today’s mortgage home loans require cash, and lots of it. Any down payment less than twenty percent is not really going to be a down payment. Lenders just won’t consider you if you don’t have enough money for a hefty down payment. And believe it or not, this is not something new. Before the real estate boom and crash of the past decade, it was the norm for most mortgage home loans to require at least twenty percent down.

This means that if you want to buy property and you plan on securing a mortgage loan, you have to come up with a large sum of cash. That means save, save, save! This too, is not anything new. Just ask your parents or grandparents, or anyone who bought a house before the year 2000. They saved for years before they could buy even the smallest condo or house. Or sometimes they may have borrowed from family to make the required minimum twenty percent of the purchase price.

And even then securing mortgage home loans is not guaranteed! Mortgage home loans also require the borrower to have steady employment, a good financial history (not just a good credit score), even providing information on such things as gaps in employment history and explanations as to why a credit card bill went into collection ten years ago. Mortgage home loans are definitely not the same any more!

Home Mortgage Rates

Monday, June 1st, 2009

Talk to Several Lenders for Home Mortgage Rates

Talk to Several Lenders for Home Mortgage Rates

Home mortgage rates vary from lender to lender. They also vary depending on the circumstances of the borrower. If you’re about to buy property, one of the biggest issues is finding the best home mortgage rates. In fact, after choosing the right home, it’s probably the biggest factor in the whole deal. After all, you will be paying a monthly bill that’s entirely dependent on the home mortgage rates you were able to get when purchasing your home.

Therefore, we can’t stress enough that you, the borrower, must talk to several lenders when shopping for a mortgage loan. Shop around, just like you would if you were buying a new car. Sadly, many borrowers spend twice as much time and effort shopping for a good deal on their car than they would in their new home. And that loan will last fifteen or thirty years! Does that make sense?

Everybody knows that researching the best deal on home mortgage rates is not much fun. In fact, it’s a little complicated and not very interesting at all. It’s complicated because the rates are different for different people, so the home mortgage rates you see advertised might not be the rates offered to you. We can only recommend you talk to as many lenders as possible, since you will be living with this mortgage for years to come.

New Home Mortgage

Friday, January 30th, 2009

A new home mortgage is like any other home mortgage, only it’s for a home purchase in which the buyer will live full time. It’s not a vacation home, and it’s not an investor purchase. Af you’re considering buying a new home, a new home mortgage is the right product for you. But actually, calling your loan a new home mortgage means simply that you’re getting a home mortgage on a home that’s new to you. It’s not necessarily new construction. So really, what we’re talking about here is a home mortgage.

If it’s your first time and you don’t know much about a new home mortgage then it’s a good idea to learn as much as you can on your own before talking to lenders and new home mortgage professionals. First learn what types of new home mortgages are out there, ranging from an Adjustable Rate Mortgage to the more unusual and far riskier balloon mortgage. Then learn how your current financial life affects the type of loan you get, and how much of a new home mortgage you should take on. How much debt you have, whether you’ve ever had a mortgage before, how much money you make at your job, how much savings you have and how much down payment you can put on your new home mortgage all contribute to the calculations on how much you can borrow. If this is not your first home, then also how much value is left in your home equity mortgage on your existing home will affect the result, too.