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How does making your mortgage payment bi-weekly save you money?
July 30, 2009 by Mr mortgag · 4 Comments
I got a letter in the mail from the bank that says paying our mortgage payment bi-weekly instead of monthly could save us $40,000 to $100,000 in interest and reduce our mortgage term by 7 to 9 years without refinancing. How does this work?
Can you get a mortgage after ALMOST foreclosing on your home?
July 19, 2009 by Mr mortgag · 7 Comments
I have a friend who got into some trouble paying his mortgage when his wife went on unpaid maternity leave. They got behind on their mortgage and ended up going into foreclosure on their house.
They were able to scrape up the money they needed to pay it off, but they are still pretty strapped and 1 month behind on their mortgage.
The question is, they want to sell their house to downsize to a less expensive home that is more affordable, but their credit is basically shot. If they sell their house and try to buy a less expensive one will they be able to get a mortgage with their history?
Please be respectful, this is a genuine question that needs knowledgeable answers. So only reply if you have good advise. Thank you.
sorry, one more thing. they would be putting about 20% down on the next house, would this help the percentage rate?
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2nd mortgage Foreclosure: How long is the delay to put it on your credit?
July 1, 2009 by Mr mortgag · 4 Comments
We paid off a 2nd mortgageforeclosure before it went through. We continued to pay on our first mortgage with no problem. The attempted forclosure was not on our credit report until we refinanced with a new mortgage company. Is this fair? It looks suspicious that it only appeared on our credit after we refinanced with a new company. We understand that business is business but it seems that they were fine with everything until we pulled our mortgage from them and went with another company.
How much mortgage debt is there in the USA?
June 9, 2009 by Mr mortgag · Leave a Comment
Given all the worries about credit in this country, and subprime mortgages, I was curious as to what the entire amount of home mortgage debt is. There are about 110 million households in the country, with 70% of them owned residences. Let’s say there are 75 million owned homes. Not all have mortgages, but if 70 million do, and the average mortgage amount on such homes is $200,000, that comes out to a scary $14 TRILLION of mortgage debt in the USA. If just 2% default, the amount of bad home loans is $280 billion. It could obviously be much higher.
Does anyone know what total mortgage debt is per household and in total? This is a real problem that could damage the economy.
How do mortgage companies determine which credit score to use?
May 26, 2009 by Mr mortgag · 5 Comments
With the three credit scores being different, which do they use to determine you qualification for a mortgage? Or do they simply average all three scores. My husband has two scores at around 540 and his transunion is at 605. What are his chances?
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