I debrief ARMs in detail on our website: ARM Debrief. But am compelled to write to you today based on the ludicrous volume of advocacy for the ARM as a workaround to the rate increase of the Fixed Mortgage.
Category: Types of Mortgages
Yes – from $647,200 to $715,000 available immediately and into 2023. There aren’t too many financial topics where inflation is considered a good thing. Taxpayer income brackets, I-Bonds, Social Security indexing, and Cost-of-Living (pay) increases are a few that come to mind.
You’ve just been made a Partner at your firm. Congratulations. Because you can now truly afford it, you opt to purchase a home that was previously out of reach. Except maybe you’re not.
In mortgage underwriting-land, when you alter your pay methodology, you also enter into a new classification of underwriting (there are several).
The 2022 National Conforming Loan Limits (available now at GoldCoast Mortgage) have taken a huge jump forward. The Jumbo Mortgage Limit received a robust expansion of value as well. The conforming loan limit is available nationwide and does not have any limitations per county.
Bi-Weekly Payment Plan is it a Valuable Financial Tool or Scam? Before I answer that question, it is useful to know how a Bi-Weekly Payment Plan (BWPP) works. The program concept is contained in the difference between “Every-other-week” and “Twice-a-month”. Half payments made every other week add up to 13 full payments (26 payments / […]
A jumbo mortgage doesn’t have a technical “definition”. It is the “white space” where Agency mortgages stop. If it had a static definition it would never be the same two years in a row. And jumbo’s have multiple variables.
Can you think of many (any?) things that will cost LESS in 2021? Among the items on this shortlist is the cost of mortgage money. While we can’t predict the direction of mortgage rates in 2021, we can tell you that the Limits (caps) on lower costing mortgages are set to expand on January 1, 2021.
Pros and Cons of an Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM) A mortgage that has a Fixed Rate comes in 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30-year standard terms. Adjustable rate mortgages come in plenty of forms; well over 100 varieties. Many varieties were not designed with the consumer in mind, mostly they are an investment product with […]
Mortgage Bridge Loan Explained A Bridge Loan is a second position mortgage on your outbound (former) primary residence. It is designed to extract equity from the departure residence to be used as a down-payment on the destination (future) primary residence. How do I get a Bridge Loan? In an ideal world you will never need […]