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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.
What are Points?
Points are a method of buying down the interest rate. One point is equal to 1% of the loan amount. For example,
2 points on $100,000 equal $2,000.
What is an escrow account?
An escrow account is typically established at the time that you close your mortgage loan. This account is held by the
lender for the future payments of recurring items relating to the mortgaged property, such as real estate taxes and
insurance premiums. Lenders usually require you to pay an initial amount for each of those items to start the reserve
account at the time of closing and then the lender coordinates those payments as they become due.
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Mortgage Qualification Guidlines
1.For income from a second job to be considered as part of your qualifying income, you have to have a long history of at least two years receiving that second income as part of your toal earnings.
2. If you have been receiving income through child support, you should have been receiving income consistently. You would be required to submit a history of the payments made for the child support. Usually, if your child support status has just been awarded recently, it might not be considered as a qualifying source of income.
3. It is not advisable to apply for a mortgage loan while being involved in a lawsuit or any legal matter. You should prospone your application until that legal matter is settled and resolved before you could apply for a mortgage loan.
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Mortgage Qualification Guidlines
The significance of having a clean or the slightest a perfect record cannot be over overemphasized when it comes to getting a mortgage loan. However, if you have had some small imperfections in your record, lenders provide considerations such as specified above. Knowing these, you can pretty much estimate if you would be able to qualify for a mortgage loan or not.
