• Documenting Your Assets - Verifying Your Down Payment,Lori Ross

    Documenting Your Assets - Verifying Your Down Payment

    When buying a home, it is not enough to just come up with the money. With the exception of no asset verification loans, lenders want to verify where the money for your new home will be coming from. If you can document that the funds are coming from your personal savings, the lender is more confide

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  • Closing Costs When Buying or Refinancing a Home,Lori Ross

    Closing Costs When Buying or Refinancing a Home

    This is a detailed summary of costs you may have to pay when you buy or refinance your home. They are listed in the order that they should appear on a Good Faith Estimate you obtain from a mortgage lender. There are two broad categories of closing costs. Non-recurring closing costs are items that a

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  • Adjustable Rate Mortgages - The Basics,Lori Ross

    Adjustable Rate Mortgages - The Basics

    An adjustable rate mortgage (ARM) has an interest rate that fluctuates periodically. This is in contrast to a fixed rate mortgage, which always has the same interest rate. Every ARM has basic components: An index A margin Adjustment Period An interest rate cap An initial interest rate The Index A

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