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How much does mortgage insurance cost?
Your PMI will be based on your down payment and the loan amount. The larger your down payment, the less PMI will cost.
This is paid monthly with your mortgage payment.
What is the difference between "locking in" an interest rate and "floating"?
If you are concerned that interest rates may rise during the time your loan is being processed, you can "lock in" the
current days interest rate. You can lock your loan for up to 360 days. When you "lock in" an interest rate, you are
guaranteed that rate for the agreed upon length of time. The benefit is the security of knowing your interest rate is
fixed if interest rates should rise.
Adjustable rate mortgages
Adjustable rate mortgages ARMs are one of the basic types of home loans. ARMs are offered at lower and more appealing rates at the beginning of the term. An adjustable rate mortgage begins with a guaranteed rate that can be locked in anywhere from a month to ten years at a time. The 5/1 ARMs or 7/1 ARMs are common adjustable rate mortgages assumed by borrowers. Another adjustable rate mortgage is the 4 payment option loan. These adjustable rate mortgage types are all typically interest only payments to help the borrower maximize cash flow.
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Mortgage Qualification Guidlines
Lenders carefully scrutinize your qualifications in order to ascertain how much the maximum amount of money you could afford to pay them every month. They do so by plugging your information into certain formulas that give fairly accurate predictions. Should these predictions prove that you can afford to pay the monthly dues that will be stipulated by the loan, you are most likely to be granted the mortgage loan.
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Mortgage Qualification Guidlines
1. If the government has established your student loan to be in default, it is possible that you are not found to be a qualified applicant for a mortgage loan. However, there are cases the disqualification may be waived provided that you have entered into your repayment negotiations to schedule for the student loan and you have made punctual payments again for the previous year.
2. You should pay any outstanding collection payments prior to filing you application for the mortgage loan.
3. If you are subject to cases that involve child support payments, your payments should be current and caught up. All court ordered judgments should have been paid up to date.
