In certain cases, the amount of interest that an individual pays up front on their home loan or other form of mortgage is known as 'points' in relation to the mortgage. Since the interest of a mortgage is tax deductible up to a certain amount each year, individuals need to be aware of their points and how they can go about deducting points on their taxes in relation to their mortgage. Since this process of paying interest up front typically lowers the monthly amount of an individual's mortgage p
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When choosing home loans home buyers are presented with a choice of borrowing formats. They can either select repayment home loans or interest only home loans. Repayment home loans involve the home owner making monthly repayments where the amount repaid includes the interest charged for that month AND a small percentage of the capital. Interest only home loans, as their name suggests, involves the home owner making repayments of the interest only each month. The home owner is then required to ch
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A mortgage rate is a price tag that is flying from the smoke stack of your home. It is the cost that you will be charged, on top of the principle amount of the homes value that you will be charged for borrowing money to pay for your home. Buying a home does not have to be just a dream anymore because rates of interest on homes are very low. Yet, will they stay that low? And, what else helps to contribute to the overall cost of the interest? There are several things that do, but you can easily so
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Commercial remortgage is just like a residential remortgage. Commercial remortgage can occur for many reasons. It can happen because the business owner wants to borrow money, they want to make improvements to the property or they want to try for a lower interest rate.

Whatever the reason commercial remortgage should be handled with the same care that would be given to a residential remortgage.

If a business owner is going to remortgage to take out additional money they need to really consi
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How do you decide whether to sell your home (or land, farm, ranch, etc.) on your own or use a real estate broker? There are pluses and minuses to each approach. Let’s look at some of the key ups and downs. Only you can decide which approach has the most pluses in your situation.

Why go FSBO?

“FSBO” stands for “for sale by owner” and tells buyers you are not using a realtor to represent you. The biggest upside to going FSBO is you save thousands of dollars in
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