Mortgage Loan Tips
A good real estate agent can give you invaluable tips for buying a house! Here are my tips for finding the right real estate agent to help you buy the right home… “Even if you had millions of dollars to spend on a new house, you’d probably still have to compromise on something,” said our real estate [...]
We’re doing both: saving money every month and paying off a big mortgage! These aren’t the little “stop buying lattes” money saving tips – they’re the big-concept ideas. Some financial experts recommend paying off the mortgage before spending money on vacations, cars, or boats (my dream). But we don’t want our $300,000 mortgage to prevent us [...]
Sometimes paying off the mortgage early is a good idea, and sometimes your money is better spent elsewhere! Here are six questions to ask before committing yourself to being mortgage-free within the next couple of years …. “With consumer revolving debt balances declining nationwide and home values flat, some homeowners are considering paying off their [...]
The faster you pay off your mortgage, the more money you’ll have for…whatever you want! Here are the steps we took towards our last house payment. “Focusing on paying off the mortgage has [several] benefits, both financial and emotional,” writes John Heinzl in “The Best Investment? Paying Off Your Mortgage” in The Globe and Mail. [...]
Selling your house can be painful; losing your home because of foreclosure is heartbreaking. Here are tips for surviving and recovering from a home foreclosure. “We’re meeting with lots of couples in this situation and seeing the stress this huge upheaval can cause in a relationship,” say “The Money Couple” Scott and Bethany Palmer, authors [...]
To find the real estate agent who is helping us buy a new home, I followed specific steps that worked like a dream! If you’re in the market for a new home, these tips for picking a great realtor will help you find someone who will not only work hard for you, but who you’ll love working with… Before the [...]
If you’re debt free thanks to good financial planning (such as debt consolidation), you may now wonder how to repair your credit report. These tips for repairing a bad credit rating are based on a question from a reader who worked with a credit counseling service to pay off her debt… “Four years ago I turned [...]
If you’re a homeowner who has to sell your house at a loss (a short sale), you need to protect yourself with this information! These tips about short sales are from Ethan Ewing, president of Bills.com. “Many home owners are putting off a sale until prices recover. But some owners must sell at a loss,” says Ewing. [...]
If you’re buying a home for the first time, you need these tips about credit reports, home mortgage loans, interest rates, finances and the cost of home ownership. First time home buyers are in an exciting stage of life, but they also have to have their wits about them… “Home ownership remains a good investment and a big part [...]
These tips for refinancing a home mortgage loan include information about credit scores, monthly budgets, and the benefits of paying off your mortgage early. “With mortgage rates still in the low 5-percent range, it is a great time to refinance a home,” says Ethan Ewing, president of Bills.com. “By following these suggestions, homebuyers can be [...]
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