Showing posts with label credit line. Show all posts
Showing posts with label credit line. Show all posts

Thursday, March 22, 2007

What You Need To Know Before Purchasing A Mortgage

What you have to know about this loan is that it is a loan used for purchasing a home or any expensive item that you might require for a business premises or more likely than not a private residential home. Many people avoid buying property, as they do not want to have a loan to pay off and be in debt for many years. You should know that, in fact, buying property is always a good investment, as the value will always rise. It is wise to start buying property while you are still young. Once the loan is paid off in full you could buy a second house, and so on and in this way you could accumulate wealth in property.

Before entering the property market investigate interest rates and whether they are fixed or not, and the loan charges and registration fees of a loan. Check the banks and all loaning facilities that are prepared to loan big amounts of money. You will find a number of lenders that advertise online as well. Also, check if there are lenders who are prepared to give you a loan for the full purchase price of the home. If not, find out what percentage of the purchase price they are prepared to loan you. You should also make sure that your credit history is good and then you will be ready to put in an application for a loan. Even though this loan is secured against the home, the lender will still want to make sure that he will get his money plus interest back. You have to understand that this is a long-term commitment and borrowers must be able to keep up the payments.

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

14 Mistakes That Will Destroy Your Credit

I'm sure that you realize that establishing credit and wisely managing your credit becomes easier when you know how. If you plan to finance real estate, either as a homebuyer or an investor, avoiding these common credit mistakes will help you with your credit score and save you money in loan costs.

1. First of all, you should be aware of the fact that using expensive or undesirable types of credit costs too much and is negatively scored.

2. Also, accumulating too many lines of credit or too many credit cards causes credit report remarks like "too much consumer credit."

3. Only paying the minimum due keeps balances too high.

4. Being mixed out on any credit card or line of credit causes deep drops in scores.

5. Taking cash advances costs higher interest and extra fees.

6. Exceeding limit and having to pay over-limit fees is a negative with.

7. Paying a day or more late may cause unnecessary late fees and increases interest rates.

8. Charging more than you can afford causes debts with no easy way to pay it off.

9. Letting someone else use your credit raises your debt-to-income ratio and possibly adds "too many consumer accounts" on your credit report, which lowers your score.

10. Ignoring credit problems causes unnecessary negative impact.

11. Failure to report address changes to creditors causes misplaced bills and late payments.

12. Using partial name, different names, and initials instead of whole name causes mix-ups. Use your full legal name to protect you from confusion with similarly named borrowers.

13. Failure to report name changes to creditors also causes confusion.

14. Not checking credit report frequently is one of the most common mistakes consumers make.

Keep in mind that you can buy real estate with poor credit, but you will save thousands in loan costs if you maintain good credit. A bad credit report leaves homebuyers with sub-prime loans, which have higher point charges, prepayment penalties, and higher interest charges, which therefore cost more money.