Types of Mortgages
- Fixed Rate Mortgages (FRMs)
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Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARMs)
Borrower Guide to Adjustable Rate Mortgages
How Do Adjustable Rate Mortgages Work?
Peace of Mind With an Adjustable Rate Mortgage?
Do I Need an Adjustable Rate Mortgage to Qualify?
Information to Evaluate an Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Using a Calculator to Prepay an Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Can I Pay Off an Adjustable Rate Mortgage Early?
Payment Calculators For Adjustable Rate Mortgages
Mortgage Calculators: Comparing FRMs and ARMs
About the ARM Rate/Point Calculator
Pay Points on an Adjustable Rate Mortgage?
Interest Rate Above APR on Adjustable Rate Mortgage?
Choosing Between Fixed & Adjustable Rate Mortgages
Tutorial on Libor ARMs
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Indexes
Can the Fully-Indexed Rate on an Adjustable Rate Mortgage Be Biased?
Which Adjustable Rate Mortgage Index Is the Best?
Adjustable Rate Mortgages: What Is a "Coffee" Loan?
Can the Interest Rate on an ARM Be Rounded Up?
Which Adjustable Rate Mortgage Do You Choose?
Is This Interest-Only ARM a N0-Brainer?
Marketing Adjustable Rate Mortgages With Artful Deceptions
The "No-Surprise" Adjustable Rate Mortgage
The Fully Indexed Rate: Better Know What It Is
ARM Disclosures: Government Drops the Ball
Estimating the New Rate at the Next ARM Rate Adjustment
Low-Rate ARMs and High Anxiety
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Option (Flexible Payment) ARMs
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Balloon Mortgages
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Biweekly, Bimonthly, and Weekly Payment Mortgages
Do You Need Help to Repay Your Mortgage Early?
Bimonthly and Biweekly Mortgage Payment Plans
Is a Biweekly Mortgage Better Than a Payment Increase?
Must You Pay Extra For a Biweekly Mortgage?
Simple Interest on a Biweekly Mortgage
Any Borrower Benefit in Weekly Mortgage Payments?
Biweekly Payment Programs: The Lender's or Your Own?
Can I Do My Own Biweekly?
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FHA Mortgages
What Does FHA Do?
Is FHA a Subsidy Program?
Who Should Take an FHA Mortgage?
Is FHA Responsible For the Leaky Roof?
Should FHA Loan Limits Be Raised?
Cancelling FHA Insurance
FHA Mortgages: A 2009 Update
How Much Is Mortgage Assumability Worth?
Why FHA Is Right to Tighten the Rules, But Congress Was Wrong
FHA Borrowers Can Change Their Minds
Sub-Prime 2013 Edition: It is Government Insured
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Interest-Only Mortgages
What Is an Interest-Only Mortgage?
Why the New Interest in Interest-Only Mortgages?
Misperceptions About Interest-Only Mortgage Loans
Who Should Take Interest-Only Mortgage Loans?
Do Interest-Only Mortgage Loans Amortize Faster?
Interest-Only Mortgage a Stepping Stone to Retirement?
Is Interest-Only Best For a Quick Turnover?
When Will Extra Payments Reduce Monthly Payments?
Annual Principal Payments on an Interest-Only
Keeping Track of an Interest Only
How Much More Does Interest-Only Cost?
Take an IO to Pay Down a Second Mortgage Faster?
Invest the Cash Flow Savings on an Interest-Only?
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Simple Interest Mortgages
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Second Mortgages
What Is a HELOC?
How Do You Shop For a HELOC?
Piggyback Loans: Two Mortgages Cost Less Than One?
Using a Second Mortgage to Avoid a Jumbo Loan
Second Mortgage Versus 401K Loan
Subordination Policy of Second Mortgage Lenders
Is There a Blended Interest Rate?
Second Mortgage Rates Below Firsts?
Second Mortgage Versus Home Equity Loan
Is This a Good Time For an HEL?
Silent Second Mortgages
Mortgage Piggybacks in a Stressed Market
Take a Flyer on a HELOC?
Does a Property Value Decline Eliminate a Second Mortgage Lien?
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Reverse Mortgages
Can I Live Off My House?
Are Reverse Mortgages in the Mainstream?
How Do I Get a Reverse Mortgage?
Need Good Credit For a Reverse Mortgage?
Why a Reverse Mortgage Leaves Money Behind
Can a HECM Be Refinanced?
Can You Buy a House, Then "Reverse Mortgage" It?
Should Upfront Fees on a Reverse Mortgage Deter You?
Borrower Protection on FHA Reverse Mortgages
Are Any Reverse Mortgage Expenses Tax Deductible?
Costs of a Reverse Mortgage
Use a Reverse Mortgage to Repair the House?
Can a Small Reverse Mortgage Make Sense?
Impact of the Financial Crisis on Reverse Mortgages
Which Reverse Mortgage Option Should I Choose?
HECMs and Fixed-Payment Annuities
How Do You Shop For a HECM?
Reverse Mortgages Are Not the Next Sub-Prime
More Bogus Arguments Against HECMs
Reverse Mortgages and Power of Attorney
Reverse Mortgages at the Crossroads
Property Tax Defaults on HECMs
New Options For HECM Borrowers
Buying a House With a HECM Reverse Mortgage
Why HECM Borrowers Make Mistakes
Understanding HECM Options
Some Uses of HECMs
More Possible Uses of HECMs
Using a HECM Reverse Mortgage to Strengthen Retirement Plans
Take Out a Reverse Mortgage Now, Or Later?
Selecting the HECM Reverse Mortgage Option
Scare-Mongering the HECM Reverse Mortgage
Where Does a Senior Go For Information About Reverse Mortgages
Using a HECM Reverse Mortgage as an Insurance Policy
Retiring With a Mortgage Balance: What to Do?
Are Upfront Fees on HECM Reverse Mortgages Excessive?
Fixing the HECM Reverse Mortgage Program (1)
Fixing the HECM Reverse Mortgage Program (2)
Fixing the HECM Reverse Mortgage Program (3)
Take Out a Reverse Mortgage Now, or Wait?
Reverse Mortgages an Under-Utilized Lifeline
Using a Reverse Mortgage to Avoid Impoverishment
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Other Mortgages
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Mortgage Options
What Is a Temporary Buydown?
What Is a Demand Clause?
Mortgage Prepayment Penalties
Mortgage Closing Date: Does it Matter?
Are Mortgage Assumptions a Good Deal?
Portable Mortgages: a Useful Option?
Does Mortgage Life Insurance Make Sense?
No-Cost Mortgages
Do All Lenders Offer No-Cost Mortgages?
The Small Loan Problem
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Mortgage Tax Issues
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Mortgage Selection
Fixed-Rate vs Adjustable Rate vs Balloon Mortgages
With a Flat Yield Curve, Which Mortgages Are Best?
Mortgages in an Environment of Declining Home Prices
Choosing Between Fixed and Adjustable Rate Mortgages
Mortgage Selection in the Post-Crisis Market
Crisis-Induced Changes in Borrower Preferences
Conventional Versus FHA: How Do You Know?
Are Consumers Making Better Mortgage Selections Today?
Should More Borrowers Be Selecting ARMs Today?
Integrated Calculators Ease the Pain of Making Mortgage Decisions
Selecting the Best Combination of Mortgage Interest Rate and Lender Fees
Impulse-Based Decisions May Be Wrong, Even When Borrowers Have All the Information They Need