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Home sale payment
My questions refer to real estate in the US.
When the buyer pays cash (i.e. without taking a loan), would it usually mean that the buyer will have to pay the whole amount in a single payment? Or is ...
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How to calculate a loan constant payment (like PMT) but extra double paying (without interest) twice a year
This is my first post in this community, already tried to find my answer, and didn't succeed :(.
I'm working a way to understand the formula behind a loan that allows the client to extra pay the same ...
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Buy house with down payment, no loan, sell instantly
I just read Rich Dad Poor Dad, and I have no idea about mortgages, loans or real estate.
The author of the book describes a scenario in which a property is found for a cheap price (auction in this ...
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How to obtain "Negative Equity Insurance" aka "Home Equity Protection" aka "Equity Protection Policy" in the UK?
I'm searching for an insurance policy to protect against negative equity on a residential real-estate.
The risk I'm trying to protect against is that house prices will fall.
I'm looking for ...
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When I shop for a direct lender, will the credit checks that they may do be bad for my credit rating? [duplicate]
Is it bad for my credit rating each time a possible lender does a credit check on me?
I need to shop for a direct lender in order to get the best rate for a first mortgage on a property I want to buy,...
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Looking to buy a property that's 12-14x my income. How can it be done?
I currently have insignificant income due to the fluctuations of my line of work -- entrepreneurship.
I do not have any steady income and can't guarantee minimums always -- but I have done some ...
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How to read loan estimate, what to look for?
We are buying a newly constructed house and have been trying to compare loans from 2 different lenders (builder lender and our own lender). They both sent us the loan estimate sheet in similar format ...
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Credit Unions vs Bank Mortgage
I am a first time home buyer. My home-buying credit score is 620. I was recently preapproved for an FHA loan with my bank. The interest rate is decent at 3.75%, the only issue is I will have to pay ...
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What is a tranche?
I am studying Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (CMOs) - My understanding is that the product consists of mortgages which have real estate as collateral.
The mortgages are bundled in batches which ...
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Real estate loans for repairs
I am very interested in purchasing a foreclosed home that is sold by Freddie Mac. The outside looks great, but the inside needs some work. Basically, the previous owners took everything including the ...
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Can I take a loan against propety in my children's name?
I am from Chennai, India. The house which we are living in Chennai used to be in my father's name. My father has four children and I am the last one, daughter and I am widowed and living with my ...
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Construction loan for new house replacing existing mortgaged house?
Let's say I buy a home with an ordinary thirty-year mortgage, intending to renovate the house slowly and live there a long time (ten years at least). Five years into the mortgage, however, I decide I ...
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Can future rental income be applied to present debt-to-income ratio when applying for second mortgage?
If someone wants to purchase a second home as a source of rental income (and potential investment), would (or could) a lender apply the estimated future income from rent on to the present debt-to-...
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Why do people use mortgages, when they could just pay for the house in full?
I would like your recommendation on whether you should buy a house with a mortgage, which you would pay as you go, or should you buy it in full.
Alex