Most people refinance their mortgage loan when it is up for renewal from its term. Mortgage loans come in a variety of terms, anywhere from six months to 10 years at a time, amortized over 25 to 50 years. Each term of a mortgage loan is its own mortgage loan – meaning that [...]

Adjustable rate mortgages have taken a bad rap in the latest mortgage crisis. Financial pundits from all ends of the spectrum blame the irresponsible use of adjustable rate mortgages and hybrid adjustable rate mortgages for the increasing number of home owners who are delinquent or in foreclosure on their mortgages. That’s unfortunate, since adjustable rate [...]

When homeowners choose to refinance their existing first mortgage loan, they must decide when to lock in their interest rate. Submitting your loan application does not necessarily lock in your rate. With mortgage interest rates low in 2009 and many borrowers refinancing locking or floating is again an important issue to understand when applying for [...]

Next to critiquing the decorating taste of your home’s previous owner, playing the “adjustable mortgage game” may rank as one of the most popular (and least pleasant) pastimes of Canadian homebuyers. Here’s how it works. As you’re exploring your mortgage options, you review the long and steady slide of mortgage rates in Canada [...]

“Lower than prime,” you heard someone say. Like most Canadians, you were probably first skeptical and then confused. We tend to think of the prime lending rate as the invisible “floor” of lending rates. The very best customers can get very close to that floor. It is theoretically possible, we reason, to actually be ON [...]

“Wow!” you say to your spouse as you hit the brakes on the car. “Did you see the mortgage rate those guys are advertising?” Your worries are over, you’re thinking. Just lock in a rate like that for the next ten years, and you’ve got it made. Not so fast. That rate may not [...]

Forget everything you thought you knew about the benefits of taking a variable-rate mortgage instead of locking in for the long term. A new study suggests the security of a five-year mortgage costs little or nothing beyond a riskier variable-rate mortgage, providing you get a jumbo-sized rate discount. “Interest costs on discounted closed [...]

If you are looking for a Colorado mortgage rate quote for a Colorado mortgage loan, then there are many places to go. Of course there are many ads for different Colorado mortgage lenders that are based in the state and around the country. But for a better, more personal Colorado mortgage, it is best to [...]

Ask Denver mortgage loan providers what would-be borrowers want to know and the answer is simple. Those who are shopping for mortgage loans in Denver want to know what their rate would be for a Denver mortgage. But for the average mortgage lender, the answer is hard to come up with at a moment’s notice. [...]

There are two types of Mortgage Interest Rates: Adjustable Rate Mortgage Another common type of home loan is the adjustable rate mortgage or ARM. With this type of loan, the interest rate will fluctuate depending on the 6 different real estate indexes. The interest rate changes so the lender of the loan gets a proper [...]