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A mortgage, or a home loan, can come in many different forms. A 30-year fixed rate, a 15-year fixed rate, an adjustable rate mortgage, a jumbo loan. And what about prepayment or foreclosure? The articles, blog posts, videos and radio shows on this page will answer all your mortgage questions and help you find the right mortgage for you.

You need to consider the fees and closing costs that you may be charged in obtaining a mortgage, the length of the loan and the amount of the loan. In addition, while the interest rate you obtain is quite important, you need to understand all of the other issues involved in obtaining a mortgage loan for your home or investment property.

Take a look at our hundreds of articles on our site. Some of these articles are listed below. These articles relate to obtaining a mortgage, finding a low interest mortgage loan, the difference between a fixed rate or ARM loan, whether to pay points to buy down your interest rate, and avoiding prepayment penal

Title Insurance For Your Home: Do You Need an Owner’s and Lender’s Title Policy?

By | October 15th, 2015|

By the time you have saved for your down payment, put funds in escrow for your dream home, and paid for a home inspection or survey, you may be in the mood to conserve some cash. But if skipping the purchase of title insurance seems like a good idea, you might want to think twice. [...]

Ep. 28: Cats and dogs and home values

By | October 14th, 2015|

What’s the outlook on home values from atop Homes.com’s real estate search operation? And which pets leave the biggest paw print on your home: cats or dogs? Get answers to these questions by listening to this week’s episode of the Ilyce Glink Show. You can click the audio link below to listen to the full [...]

Ep. 24: What will homebuyers do if there’s a Fed rate hike?

By | September 16th, 2015|

How will homebuyers react to a Fed rate hike? And what’s the one thing you need to do after you pay off your mortgage? Get answers to these questions by listening to this week’s episode of the Ilyce Glink Show. You can click the audio link below to listen to the full show, or download [...]

Ep. 23: China’s economy and the U.S. housing market

By | September 9th, 2015|

How will China’s economy affect the U.S. housing market? Is there a way to invest in real estate that isn’t so time consuming? Get answers to these questions by listening to this week’s episode of the Ilyce Glink Show. You can click the audio link below to listen to the full show, or download the [...]

Ep. 22: Why the stock market went a little nuts

By | September 2nd, 2015|

What factors have been driving the recent stock market volatility? And how do you know whether you’re ready to buy a home? Get answers to these questions by listening to this week’s episode of the Ilyce Glink Show. You can click the audio link below to listen to the full show, or download the podcast [...]

When You’re Dropped by Your Homeowners Insurance Company

By | August 26th, 2015|

Homeowner’s insurance coverage is designed to protect your finances if a catastrophe befalls your biggest asset. It can help you recover from unexpected—and expensive—damage to your home, and most lenders require you to purchase it before they will close on your loan. If you’ve been dropped by your homeowner’s insurance company, you may run the [...]

Paying for Home Renovations: Tapping Home Equity vs. Using Savings

By | July 22nd, 2015|

Figuring out how to pay for a home renovation is one of the first steps in any remodeling process. When they’re done wrestling with the cost of a home renovation, most homeowners have to decide how to fund a remodeling project. And in some cases, the options can be paying for it in cash or [...]

How the TILA/RESPA Integrated Mortgage Disclosure Rule Is Changing Real Estate

By | June 24th, 2015|

Last week, the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that the TILA/RESPA Integrated Mortgage Disclosure rule, which has so many in the real estate industry chewing on their fingernails, would now be starting October 1st. That’s a two-month reprieve for mortgage lenders, real estate agents, real estate attorneys, title and escrow companies. And, they’ll need [...]

With Today’s Low Interest Rates, Should I Pay Off My Mortgage Early?

By | June 22nd, 2015|

You’ve may have read that you should prepay your mortgage early to save on your total interest payments. But if you have refinanced or purchased a home recently, you may be one of the millions of homeowners whose mortgage is at historic or near-historic low interest rates. Odds are possible that rates won’t be this [...]

Could Your Dog Keep You From Getting Homeowner’s Insurance?

By | June 16th, 2015|

When it comes to homeowner’s insurance, some pet owners are finding theirs goes to the dogs these days. Some insurance carriers are refusing to insure homeowners who own certain breeds of dogs that have been deemed dangerous, such as the Pit bull dog, Rottweilers, and Chow Chows. Others may take the dogs on a case-by-case [...]

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