Mortgages Articles

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 [...]

Tips for Ensuring You Have Mortgage-Worthy Credit

The commercials and websites for mortgage lenders make it look and sound like being approved for a home loan is simple, don’t they? You see all the smiling faces, the idyllic homes, and the broker shaking hands with the home’s new residents. You see the current super low interest rates and hear the warm, friendly [...]

Pay Less for a Home

It is good to pay less for a home, but it is not always the easy path for purchasing a home. Most people enter into the real estate adventure with a picture of a home and family. Emotions drive the purchase. Stepping back and taking a practical view of real estate makes it easier to [...]

Choosing the Best Mortgage Broker

Whether you are a first time borrower or one who has loans in the past, the best mortgages are generally obtained by using the services of a mortgage broker. But how do you go about finding a broker you can have complete faith in and trust to get you the very best deal? First of [...]

So You Thought The Foreclosures Were Ending?

While the popular network news stations would like you to think that the recovery is upon us, and therefore the foreclosures and bankruptcies were going to end… the fact is that foreclosures are still likely to be with us in record proportions for the next few years. Check out this article on reuters. It contains [...]