Posts Tagged ‘buying a house’

Is it better to pay down our loans or put back money for a down payment on a house?

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Husband: multiple student loans, most were co signed by his parents, he has a job that pays about 41,000 after taxes, and is in the military. (In august he gets a raise to 51,000 after taxes) Approx credit score of 650
Me: I have far fewer student loans, all under just my name. Stay at home, take on line classes. Approx credit score 720. One credit card limit of 1000, pay it off to zero balance every month.
Together: Have one loan for a car
Total in loans: approx 39,000
-is this a reasonable spot to be in, the loans were for two 4 year college educations, and 2 cars, we’re 23, just 1 1/2 years out of college.
-Is it wiser for me to pay off those loans as much as I can not putting back much money into savings, or should I concentrate more on saving the money for a down payment?
-We don’t plan on buying a house for about 1 1/2 more years, but with my current stats, would we be likley to be approved for a mortgage?
-Also we do currently have saved Approx 5,000 for that down payment.

Any advice to get us on the right path now would be greatly appreciated.

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When can I take equity out after buying a home?

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

I’m buying a house with some equity in it. How long after closing can I take that equity loan out? Do I need a reason to take it out?

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first time home buyer loans or grants?

Saturday, December 26th, 2009

i was thinking about buying a house at the beginning of the year, its this one here:

http://www.realtor.com/mortgage/RatesTable.aspx?lid=1104112102&lntype=F&dper=5&loanterm=30&pts=Zero&isIO=N&ref=listingdetail&hiloanamount=54500&source=web

and i was thinking about getting a first time home buyer loan but i don’t quite know how they work. by the conditions listed i know me and my gf qualify but how does that work with actually buying the house? would that push the monthly mortgage up or is it a grant? would i have to get the loan for the house at the same bank i get the first time buyer loan? and being that i’m getting the first time loan that supposed to cover down payment and closing costs, would i have to pay anything out of my own pocket or will the bank tell me that?

here is the first time buyer program for my state:

http://www.nchfa.com/Homebuyers/HBeligible.aspx

any help is greatly appreciated.
how will that be out of my pocket if the first time home buyer program offers up to 8000 "Down Payment Assistance" if thats not what it means then what is it for?

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How soon can we take out a home equity loan?

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

My husband and I are in the process of buying a house.. we were told by our realtor and mortgage broker that the house appraised for 30k more then what we are paying for it.
If this is true and we buy the house would we be able to take out an equity loan on the house as soon as we buy it since the house is worth more then we are paying?
We’re doing FHA so we only have to put 3.5% down. So.. I’m assuming that means that we will have to pay into the house for a while before we can

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Can you do a Deed-in-lieu of foreclosure if you have a home equity line of credit on your home?

Friday, November 27th, 2009

I am considering the Deed in lieu of foreclosure option but I have a Home equity line of credit on my house. Is this something that can still be done? BTW I live in Florida if that has any bearing on the answer.
Thanks in advance for any advice :-)

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Mortgage /Home Equity Question?

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

I currently own my home, and I’ve never had a mortgage, I paid in cash for it. Now, I am thinking of using this residence as a rental and buying a new home, as I need to relocate across the country and I prefer not to sell in a down market. I would say my credit is fair…not excellent with a few medical bill blemishes. When I apply for a loan at the bank, can I use my home equity to secure it? Or will I need to apply for an unsecured mortgage? Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
I already own this home free and clear. I have never mortgaged it. This will be the first time I’m getting a mortgage. I can afford it…..I’m not really considering defaulting to be an issue. I just need to know what type of loan I need.

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Loan officer is offering to give me $60,000 extra at the close of sale for a house, is this legal?

Sunday, September 27th, 2009

I am buying a house for 5,000, it appraised for 5,000. The mortgage person and the real estate agent suggested that I could take out a mortgage for 0,000 and pocket the extra ,000 at the close of the deal. Basically I would have a 5,000 mortgage with the ,000 cash in my pocket. Is this Ok to do in the mortgage world, I thought you had to take out a home equity loan, after you buy into the house with equity. The APR is 6.35% my credit score is 720

Can I buy my parents house for 180k when the appraised value is 255k? (Gift of equity involved)?

Monday, August 24th, 2009

I’m buying a house from my parents. The appraised value is 255k. At this time they just need 160k (aka: the loan amount). Is there any reason I can’t say the sales price is 180k? (which allows for a gift of equity to cover the down payment). I just want to make sure it’s going to be okay from all sides (lender, gift taxes, etc.)

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Advice needed on a complicated mortgage scenario?

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

My fiancee and I are buying a house and shopping for a mortgage. We already own a home worth around 0K which we will sell. I own the home outright; there is no mortgage.

We want to buy the new home now and sell our house in a few months. We then want to take the 0K from the sale and apply it to the new mortgage. But we don’t simply want to apply it to principal. Rather, we want to apply it so that it lowers our monthly payment, making it as if we had acquired the mortgage for 0K less to begin with.

1. Can we do this? Or will we have to refinance?
2. If we would have to refinance, would it make sense to take out an equity loan for 0K on the existing home and use it for the home purchase from the beginning? We’d then pay back the equity loan when we sold the house.
3. If we are able to apply the 0K to the mortgage later and have it lower our monthly payment, will we be able to avoid capital gains on the 0K?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Smaller down payment with PMI vs. home equity loan, no PMI?

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

We are buying a house that’s appraised at 5,000, but is being sold for 0K. We can put down up to 20% (though it would eradicate our savings). We have been approved for 10% down, 0 PMI, or 20% with no PMI. We would have to use ,000 to make necessary renovations, the sooner the better. Is it better to pay the PMI and hope we can make it go away in a year based on hopefully increased value (or at least same as appraised) or not to pay PMI, but have much higher monthly payments for the home equity loan, and worse yet, risk not being able to get the home equity loan to do the renovations?
The 5K was the bank’s appraisal. But I believe the bank uses the purchase price to determine LTV for PMI purposes, initially. They let you do a re-appraisal after 1 year.

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