Sunday 9 October 2011

How To Get A Mortgage

By John Levy


There are numerous companies nationwide where you can apply in order to obtain a mortgage loan. If you scout out your best options, you can get a good deal that you can easily afford over a long period of time. Below are some things you should look into.

To get this kind of loan for your new home, you need to go to a lender. There are quite a few that work with programs like FHA or HUD that help those first time home buyers get better rates and guarantees than other borrowers are able to get as well as discounts. This is the first big step in buying your home; getting your funding.

If you have your house already chosen, you need to get an appraiser to fill out a form for you to give to the lender you choose. This lets them know how much your property is worth and therefore allows them to figure out if it is worth the money you are asking against it.

There are two kinds of mortgage loans to get, so look into both and decide which will work for your budgeting needs. An ARM or adjustable rate loan has an annual percentage rate that changes from month to month depending on the status of the economy that is set by the government. The fixed rate loan has an APR that stays the same regardless, so your payments in turn will be the same over the life of the loan.

There is a thirty year pay back period, which is standard for these kinds of loans. So if you purchased a property with a mortgage in 2011, you would more than likely have it paid off inside 2041 if you had no payment issues. This can knock off some of your total cost, and even shorten your payoff period, but it depends on the amount of the loan.

If you want to use one of these to purchase the property, you should try to put down an amount equal to 20 percent of the total amount asked for the home. This will leave you only paying on the other eighty percent, so you get lower payments and the loan to value ratio is lower.

The mortgage is then considered less of a risk for lenders, so it gives you a leg up against other borrowers since you are considered more credit worthy to them. For more details on what you can get, the practices of your lending institution, auctions, foreclosures or the requirements for your credit, contact an institution near you.




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