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How to Improve Your Credit Score and Get a Lower Mortgage Interest Rate

Your credit score is one of the most important things that will help determine the kind of mortgage, rates and terms that you will get. It may, therefore, be wise to improve your credit score before submitting a mortgage application. How can you improve your credit score in order to get a lower mortgage interest rate?

Mortgage Applications: 3.3% Drop Following Volatile Interest Rates

Markets finally settled last week after several months of volatile interest rates. However, that did not help the mortgage business. Overall mortgage application volume dropped 3.3 percent on seasonally adjusted data last week compared to previous weeks.

3 Tips for Getting Lower Mortgage Interest Rates

Securing a low mortgage interest rate pretty much sounds like a gift from the heavens above. Most homeowners know that even a one percent difference can translate to thousands of savings. Here are three tips for getting lower mortgage interest rates:

3 Mortgage Loans with No Down Payment

Some people are put off from buying a home because they have little or no money to cover the usual 20 percent down payment requirement. But can you buy a home with no down payment required? The answer is yes. Recent reports even say there are now more loans available for homebuyers looking to acquire a house with little money.

House Buying Tips: Should You Apply for More than Just One Pre-Approval?

Time and time again, real estate agents recommend on getting a pre-approval before shopping for a home in the market. While it is definitely a wise thing to do, should you apply for more than just one pre-approval? Does it entail certain consequences?

Quick and Easy Tips to Pay Off Your Student Loan and Other Debts

If everyone lived in a perfect kind of world, then it would be a place wherein no one owes anyone anything. However, reality dictates that at some point in your life, you will incur some kind of debt in one way or another, but this does not mean you have to spend the rest of your life paying it off. Here are some quick and easy tips to pay off your student loan and other debts:

Is Your Mortgage Not Listed in Your Credit Report?

Mortgage payments help build good credit, but oftentimes, many homeowners fail to check their credit reports on a regular basis. If you happen to see that your mortgage payments are not listed in your credit report, here are some reasons for that:

Mortgage Rates Very Low In Last Three Years Despite Fixed-Rate Loan

Mortgage rates were expected by most economists to be higher than current rates. Instead, rates have had three-year lows for a 30-year conforming fixed-rate loan.

Why Now is the Best Time to Refinance Your Home

If you are looking into refinancing your home in order to look for better offers and hopefully save up some funds for home improvement, then now would be the best time to do so. Recent reports show that lending guidelines were changed in favor of homeowners.

Corelogic Says 90% of Mortgaged Homes Returned To Positive Equity

According to a new equity report from CoreLogic using data from Q3 2014, about 273,000 properties returned to positive equity bringing the total to 44.6 million of all homes with a mortgage. That number is 90 percent of all mortgaged homes nationwide.

New Bill to Protect Widow, Widowers Against Foreclosure

The California State Senate is set to introduce a new bill that would give a series of protections for widows, widowers and their children against foreclosure after the primary mortgage holder in their family passes away.

Does Age Matter in a Mortgage?

Age doesn't matter, as they say. You don't have to have a specific age to be able to do certain things. But, is this also true of real estate, particularly mortgages? Are you too old or too young for a mortgage?

Michigan Real Estate News: New Mortgage Program to Boost Homeownership in Detroit

Detroit Home Mortgage, a new mortgage program seeking to increase homeownership, property values, and reinvestment to any part of the Detroit neighborhood where the appraisal gap exists, was made through the joint efforts of Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, with organizing support from the Obama Administration's Detroit Federal Working Group, the Clinton Global Initiative, local banks, foundations and non-profits.

Home Buying Tips: How to Save $100,000 on Your Mortgage

When it comes to buying a house, one of the important things to prepare is a pre-approved mortgage. However, did you know that there is a way to save as much as $100,000 on your total mortgage?

Real Estate News: Banks Require Lower Down Payments on Jumbo Loans for Young Professionals

Good news for young professionals who are looking into purchasing their own homes. Banks are now loosening their down payment requirements for young professionals without enough savings but are high earners.

Single Women Applying for Mortgage Are Increasing in Numbers

More and more single women are applying for mortgage whether they get a partner or not. More single women are applying for mortgage in Australia. It is normally expected for couples starting a family to apply for mortgage but the latest statistics show that women don't have to wait to get married to decide to get a home.

Pre-Approval Stage on Home Mortgage Loan and Things to Consider

One of the most commonly used method for a person wanting to own property or home of his own is through a mortgage. In passing, it would suggest the assistance of creditor to a debtor and a condition of payment for a specified period.

Does Weather Affect Your Chances of Getting an Approved Mortgage?

Mortgage approvals depend on a variety of factors, but research suggests that the weather conditions may affect your chances of getting an approved mortgage.

How to Keep Yourself from Being House Poor

You can be excited to be buying a house, then realize later that you sit there and think to yourself, can't really do much since after all the fees, you are left with no money in your pocket. On top of that, there's still that mortgage you have pay on installment for 30 years, which amounts to half of your monthly salary month, not to mention, there are other expenses like fixtures and bills and food.

Toronto's Hottest Real Estate is on its East End

Toward the south, Leslieville, Riverside and Riverdale come second, with homes averaging 13 days on the market before sale.

Mortgage Tops List of December Consumer Complaints

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has released their monthly complaints report for the month of December and it highlights mortgage as having the most number of complaints reported, especially with mortgage companies like Citibank, Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase.