Homeowners Fail to Take Advantage

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How do mortgage brokers come up with your one credit score?

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
Lauren asked:


I know my three credit scores. But how do mortgage brokers come up with the one score? The only thing that I have heard is that they average out the three. That doesn’t seem right. Need to know.

 

What happens to your home/mortgage if there were a total financial collapse?

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
David W asked:


I’m not talking about what we’re seeing now. What would happen to my home/mortgage if all the other countries in the world collected the U.S.’s IOU’s and made the dollar worthless? They couldn’t ask for money. Would they foreclose on your house. It wouldn’t make sense because they couldn’t sell it to anyone else. What would happen? I’m also assuming everyone would immediately take their money out of the bank to, so without fractional reserve banking and no fiat currency value most institutions would fail. Would the house default to the owner? Any ideas?

 

Is it necessary to purchase mortgage insurance when buying a home?

Monday, June 27th, 2011
sweetie asked:


I will be sole owner of a home. In the event that I die and do not have mortgage insurance will the bank be the beneficiary of any equity that I’ve put into the home?

 

What is better strategy for obtaining home mortgage?

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
smartymoneys asked:


I use a credit card to pay for everything during the month. I then pay it all off at end of month. Would a mortgage lender consider this a monthly credit payment amount and offer less of a mortgage than if I were to just pay everything with check and cash and have no credit payments to make? What should I be doing to get the most mortgage amount approved?

 

Can a bank not raise their mortgage interest rate if others do?

Saturday, June 18th, 2011
gt37 asked:


Seems in Canada as soon as one bank raises it’s interest rate for a 5 year mortgage then all the other major banks follow suit soon after. Why? Can a bank not raise it’s rate and get more business from people looking to get the best rate to purchase a home?

 

What is the difference between Mortgage Modification and Refinance?

Saturday, June 18th, 2011
Julio asked:


Also, if a wanted to do a Mortgage Modification should I do it directly with the bank I have the mortgage with or should I seek help from a lawyer or those institutions that do mortgage modifications?

 

How soon can someone get a mortgage after a short sale?

Friday, June 17th, 2011
SKFB asked:


It has been over a year since the sale of the property. The individual has purchased a property in cash - owner occupied. This would be an additional property on a mortgage. Credit is unblemished besides short-sale.

 

I want to refinance What is the best mortgage rate available?

Friday, June 17th, 2011
Jay asked:


Am looking to refinance but not without doing a bit of research first on the best possible mortgage rate.

 

What are the tax repercushions in a stratigic mortgage default?

Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
Kitsy asked:


What can you be required to pay if you walk away from an underwater mortgage?

 

How do you get out of a bad mortgage lenders grasp?

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
lasm443 asked:


Have lived in home, 15 years, some deferred payments when job lost occurred 4 years ago, unable to refinance{we really do not want to} but we are still paying mortgage, but receiving harassing calls daily after a payment is made. Mortgage holder is HSBC Beneficial. Please advise!
We’ve also asked about modifying the loan, the we have been denied.