Your Financing Strategy
Ask questions from your bankers which of one these will benefits you most and which one could be costly to you. You can also get free checks when you open your account, you do not need to pay for checks. All checks are processed the same way that is up to you and how you manage your money.
-Savings Accounts: Custom Savings, Money Market Account Checking Accounts: Economy Checking, Express Checking, -Regular Checking, Senior Checking, Student checking
-Your Debit/Visa Card to use for shopping could be free when you open your account, make sure you ask for it, at times they will ask you if you want one or not. Where you use your Debit/Visa Card to withdraw money matters to your bank, it could cost you for using it at the wrong places, ask your banker for information where you could use your card without paying extra charges...
Some banks charges between $1.00 up to $3.00 if you use their card to withdraw money from another bank that they do not do business with. It is your money...
Each one of the above has advantages and dis-advantages, be careful when you are opening your accounts; you could loose money to the bank right away. You also need to know if your monthly statements are going to be free or not, when you make inquiries, the bank could be charging you for too many inquiries. Some things are free from the big banks and something's are cheaper from the community banks.
Basic Requirements for lending you money:
· Savings and Checking Account
· (2) Good Credit or No Credit it depends where you are getting the money.
· (3) Collateral such as your House, Car, Boat, Gold/diamond or any valuable assets they can hold on
· Driver's License,
· Social Security numbers
· Good Employment, at least for six months.
Lenders Information:
Big Bank requirements-
Can be very tough to meet because they have to abide by the 'Federal Reserve Bank or Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)' regulations. They got their money from the Federal Reserve Bank at a lower rate, however, they could turn around and loan it to the smaller banks at a higher rate, and the smaller banks loan it at higher quote rate to the public.
Community Bank requirements/Credit Union:
Well, the community bank is no different either, they turn to the big banks to borrow money at a lower rate so that they can loan it to their customers/clients at a higher rate to make some profit to stay in business.
Private Capital market requirement:
This is where the business gets tougher. The Capital Market enterprise is a big boy on the Wall Street, where they can finance just about anything they like, because they are not being regulated by the government, it is an individual rich businessmen that have money to loan out at a higher rate. They are not required to follow financing rule rigidly as the bank does, but they still have follow the consumer law that protect all of us from being taken advantage of.
Family friends requirement:
This one is your best source of financing, if you could find a rich friend or family friends that can loan you money without any attachment or collateral. They may ask you to pay them some small interest, or none it all depends what you are using the money for, at they would like to get a piece of the apple when they know you are going to make a lot profit.
Collateralization:
There some companies out there that would loan you money to meet your emergency needs, but becareful, they may ask you to give them your house, car, motor cycle or any of your valuables for collateral just in case you were unable to pay them back, but, they are very quick to take your valuables and you may not have any re-course to take them to court for doing so. I would stay away from such financing unless you have to...
There is going to be a time when we are going to need finance or re-finance our mortgages, car, motorcycle, big boat, air-planes etc., that we cannot come up with up-front lump sum money to pay for it This force us to turn to our bank, family friends, private capital market, small loan companies to loan us that money. This is where we are being taken advantage of by offering us some sort of un-affordable rates. At first you would think this a great opportunity that it will not be problem, you could afford that payment being offered to you by your lender, you better think again before you sign that dotted line. They could be collecting interest from you money for long time without any of it going to your principle.
Pay attention to dotted Line and Small print in the loan documents:
The loan documents can be very tricky to read when you are not an attorney, the small fine prints areas are very important areas to pay attention to, because this is where they hid rates, timeline, and warrante, but if you don't pay attention to the rates they quote or offer to you in the loan document that you are going to sign you could be losing a lot of money. You probably better off to take to your attorney before you sign the dotted line.
In the fine print of the loan documents is where they hid most important information that your lender did not want you to know about, especially mortgage and credit card documents. It sounds strange, but it is true, If you don't believe what I said here in this document, go to your loan documents and read the small prints in there you may find out something that you would not like to see or hear about, or if don't believe what I said here, ask yourself a question of why didn't they just print the whole loan documents in a readable format with nice fonts that an average third grader can read and understand it without having to scratch their head or look up words in the webster dictionary for interpretation of words, after all you are the consumer paying them for this services and they will be collecting interest from your financing for such a long time. 95% of mortgage homeowner never gets to the point of paying principle or their mortgage finance off before being taken away from them, but the bank or private investor already started to benefit. Yes, I understand they took the risk to finance us.
I think what is fair is fair, they should make the loan documents more readable for us, and there should be no small prints that is had to read on any loan documents. They should be in a readable format that average Joe can understand; my question all the years was why are they making it so complicated to read if they do not have anything to hide? I also think the loan documents should not have so many pages when we are talking about saving the threes... Not too many consumers read all these pages, it has no value to have so many pages when no one really reads it, of course the attorney will not be making money if they these document could be reduced to minimum.
My solution to this big fat loan documents should be to reduce them to minimum, all it should it be contain is, who own the house, the rate, how long is going to be paid, warranty, borrower's and co-borrower, and all other very valuable information it should not be more than 10 pages long.
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Comparing FHA Financing to Conventional Financing for Owner Occupied Homes
It was 1934, the time of the Great Depression. Franklin D. Roosevelt had been elected President 2 years earlier and he started to establish programs to help the economy and unemployment. These were referred collectively as "The New Deal".
The U.S. Government felt that, as part of "The New Deal", a federal program was needed to increase new home construction and thereby create jobs. This is how the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) was established. This new program did create quite a few jobs and, consequently, the FHA was off and running.
During the mid 1960s the FHA started to change. They stopped being only an insuring agency for loans and broadened their scope to include the administration of an interest rate subsidy program along with other aid for the home buyer. The Civil Rights Act, also known as The Fair Housing Act of 1968, added to the FHA's ongoing transformation away from being only a mortgage insurance program.
In 1974 the Housing and Community Development Act came into effect. This act significantly changed the Government's role in many aspects of housing and community development. It also made significant changes to the magnitude of the FHA's activities. Changes to this act, going forward from 1974, brought the FHA to the point where it is today.
For the purposes of this article I will only be addressing the advantages of an FHA insured loan when compared to a conventional loan. The criteria for this loan example will be a single family home being owner occupied.
It should be remembered that the FHA doesn't make loans or build houses. It only insures loans offered by private lenders. Mortgage insurance protects lenders against losses that result from defaults on home mortgages by buyers.
This insurance makes it possible for a buyer who cannot qualify for a conventional loan to still be able to buy a house or condominium. Townhouses and condos must be in a HUD approved complex to qualify for FHA insurance. Currently a little over one third (33.3%) of all home purchases in the U.S. are backed by an FHA loan.
There are 3 basic types of dwellings that qualify for FHA mortgage insurance. These are Single Family Real Estate Homes (SFR) - this includes Manufactured Homes (Mobile Homes), Condominiums or Townhouses in HUD Approved Communities and Public Urban Developments (PUD).
A common misconception is that the FHA buyer assistance programs are only for first time buyers. This is not the case. Any prospective home buyer can use an FHA insured loan as long the buyer doesn't have a current FHA insured loan in their name. If they do have an FHA insured loan in their name that loan must have a Loan-to-Value (LTV) ratio of 75% or less. To find your LTV ratio divide the total amount of money that you owe on your home by the appraised value of your home.
You can own rental properties as long as none of them have an FHA insured loan in place at the time you apply for your new loan. As a general rule the FHA insured loan program may insure loans with 5% down payment or, often times, less than that. This is based on the purchase or appraised price of the new home, whichever is the lower. A conventional loan usually requires a 20% down payment.
On a condominium or house that appraises for $150,000.00 the FHA insured loan would require $7,500.00 down at 5% while with the conventional loan the required down payment would be $30,000.00 at 20%. It should be noted that the FHA has additional programs, when combined with their basic loan guarantee, can often reduce the required down payment to substantially less than 5%.
The maximum loan amount will vary and will depend on what state and county the property is located.
Use this link to see the loan limitations for your property by state: http://www.fha.com/lending_limits.cfm This does not apply to Manufactured Homes which have the same limits in all locations - $69,678.00 for a Manufactured Home only, $23,226.00 for just a lot and $92,902.00 for a Manufactured Home with a lot.
In most cases you will have lower closing costs with an FHA insured loan as opposed to a conventional loan. The FHA determines what closing costs can be charged to the borrower at the federal level. The local FHA office specifies the amounts of these fees. This determination is based on what the local office feels the amount charged for these services are reasonable and customary for their area.
The fees that can be charged to the buyer are:
• Lender's origination fee
• Deposit verification fees
• Attorney's fees
• The appraisal fee and any inspection fees
• Lender's origination fee
• Cost of title insurance and title examination
• Document preparation (by a third party)
• Property survey
• Credit reports (actual costs)
• Transfer stamps, recording fees, and taxes
• Test and certification fees
• Home inspection fees up to $200
Any other costs are generally not allowed, by FHA rules, to be charged to the buyer and are usually paid by the seller. These FHA allowable charges can, and do, change so check with the FHA, your lender or your agent to get the current list.
A buyer can qualify for an FHA insured loan with a much lower credit score than a conventional loan requires. FHA rules governing credit scores state that any application made after October 4, 2010 where the applicant has a credit score of 580 or above is eligible for the maximum amount of FHA financing available. Borrowers with credit scores of 500 - 579 are eligible for 90% LTV.
The FHA credit rules have just recently gotten stricter. What was acceptable a year or two ago is no longer in effect. FHA loans still offer more leeway in their terms and conditions than most conventional loans.
Interest rates on FHA loans are competitive but, due to the volatility of today's mortgage market, rates can and do change often. Check with your lender, broker or agent to get the latest rates.
FHA rules are subject to change. These were the guidelines at the time this article was written - November 11, 2011. Please check with the applicable agent or agency to ensure that they are still current before making any buying decisions.
