Tuesday, March 11, 2014

30 Year Fixed Rate or Interest Only Loan?

A good reason for choosing an interest only loan: 

Most people will make a decision to trade up their current house based on equity appreciation through sales prices going up. It is rare that the equity appreciation is based on their amortization of their 30 year fixed rate loan. That takes far longer. Therefore, if you are considering trading up, why not save the monthly outlay of the principle payments? On a $500,000 loan, the difference is over $600 per month!

Monday, March 3, 2014

Condo Loans After All Cash Purchase

Many investors or home buyers are paying all cash to buy a condo in order to win multiple offer situations, foreclosures or short sales. Placing a loan on the property after close of escrow may be a good way to recoup funds for use elsewhere. If a loan to pull money out of the property is done within 6 month of acquisition, then standard refinance rules apply. This method avoids the more costly cash-out loans.  Let's talk about this strategy in detail before your time frame is up.