Residential Short Sales
When you can no longer afford to make monthly mortgage payments, a short sale is an alternative to Bankruptcy or Foreclosre. A short sale is when your lender will take less than what is owed on your h
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How much does your "cash out" really cost?
Be mindful when pulling cash out of your home that the cost of doing this is not excessive. Paying $7000 in refinancing fees may not be worth it when pulling out $15,000. You may want to try an altern
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Option Arm Options.
Over the past few years the Option Arm mortgage has been a very popular mortgage for those who needed low payments to qualify for a mortgage. However, with declining home values, many homeowners are n
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Cash-Flow Loans
If you are a borrower looking to maximize your monthly cash flow, there are alternative mortgage loan products available for you to increase your cash flow.
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What is Alternative Documentation
Alternative Documentation is xpedited and simpler documentation requirements designed to speed up the loan approval process. Instead of verifying employment with the applicant's employer and bank dep
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Save My Home
Saving your home from foreclosure can be a difficult process if you don't get the right kind of help. Borrowers who work together specialist whose focus is helping people refinance out of foreclosure
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Private Mortgage Insurance requirements
Private Mortgage Insurance is a type of insurance that is required on most mortgage loans that do not have the required 20% equity in the home. If you are buying a home and do not have 20% for a down
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Fannie Mae Expanded Approvals
An excellent alternative to the traditional subprime mortgage is an Expanded Approval Fannie Mae loan. Borrowers who "just miss" qualifying for a traditional Fannie Mae Loan for various reasons can o
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Reducing Your Monthly Mortgage Loan Payment
One of the most common ways to lower your monthly mortgage payments is by refinancing at a lower interest rate. If interest rates have dropped since your mortgage was last issued, then consider refina
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Private mortgage
It is a type of financing alternative, which is granted by the private lenders. It comprises of mortgage loans which are made by private lenders instead of traditional sources like-banks, government o
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Alternative Credit Grading for 1st Time Homebuyers
If you have lived at home or have no rental history you can still get mortgage financing for purchasing your new home.
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Should you escrow or not?
When purchasing or refinancing your home, you will have the ability to choose whether or not you want to add escrow (taxes and insurance) to your mortgage payment. Some advantages to escrowing are tha
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Non W-2 Income
People often have sources of income and funds other than their salary and savings that can be used when applying for a mortgage loan. The following is a list of alternative sources of income that m
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What is Alternative Credit?
Alternative credit is an option available for borrowers with little or no credit history. Alternative credit usually is in the form of a letter from the company that holds an account that does not no
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Uncoventional Income
Income sources for home loans and mortgages do not always have to come from salaried or self employment. There are various ways to earn income including: • Part-time • Second job • Seasonal emp
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Alternative income documentation
There are many mortgage programs that allow for alternative income documentation. Alternative income documentation is using non-traditional methods of documenting income. Traditional methods would be
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