Archive for the 'Mortgage' Category

The Top 10 Reasons Collections, Property Taxes, Income Taxes, And Liens Must Be Paid Before A Mortgage Can Close

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

1. In most instances homes usually can have two mortgages placed as a lien against a property. Under normal conditions you can have a first mortgage and a second mortgage. Some companies during the refi boom were putting a third lien against the property. Local banks and credit unions were the ones that did the third [...]

The Top 10 Reasons Home Loans Get Denied In Underwriting

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

1. Home loans are getting harder than ever to try to close nowadays with all of the changes going on in the mortgage industry. During the refinance boom years of 2002-2007 everybody could get approved on some kind of loan for the most part. Even if you tried to get approved on a normal conventional [...]

The Top 10 Reasons Adjustable Rate Mortgages Will Have Higher Rates Than Fixed Rate Mortgages

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

1. During the refi boom of 2002-2007 adjustable rate mortgages always had lower interest rates than fixed rate mortgages. In most cases they were considerably lower. As an example you could get a 3 year ARM with an interest almost 2% lower than a 30 year fixed mortgage. This was the same case for the [...]