Category Archives: Mortgages

How Large A Mortgage Can I Take?

Before committing to a mortgage, there are a number of things you need to consider regarding your income and expenditure, and how these might change. The importance of ensuring you can afford a mortgage prior to signing up cannot be overstated. A mortgage is a very serious obligation. You are committing to making monthly repayments [...]

Buying a Home 101

Buying a home is an exciting time in anyone’s life. Whether this is your first time buying or you’re trading in your equity for something a little bigger, you’re bound to be overwhelmed with information about what you need. For novice buyers, here are the basics you need to know about buying a home: Your [...]

Top Tips for Financing Property

For first time home buyers there prospect of investing in property can be incredibly daunting. In fact you may find it easiest to snap up the first house that falls into your price range or decide to carry on letting instead. There is no reason to be scared of investing in property and this article [...]

Using Mortgage Calculators to Compare Home Loans

Mortgage calculators are very useful methods that can be used to compare the various home loans made available to you both offline and online. The great thing about mortgage calculators is that they enable you to easily and swiftly compare different loans and get an accurate idea of the amounts of money you will be [...]

Talking to Your Mortgage Lender About a Short Sale

A short sale is when a home is sold for less than what is owed on it. This type of transaction often occurs when the homeowner can no longer keep up with mortgage payments and decides to sell the home at a loss rather than go into foreclosure. A short sale is only done with [...]