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Topic: "Mortgages"
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Prime Rate
The best interest rate that lenders charge customers is known as the prime rate, or prime lending rate. It's possible that your credit card's real interest rate is higher than the prime rate. Variable APRs frequently fluctuate in tandem with changes in the prime rate. It follows that your variable APR will probably increase if the prime rate does, and vice versa.
Here’s a breakdown of the most common personal finance terms →Did you know?
CNN found that 33% of those surveyed do not know what "annual percentage rate" means. Further, 33% also believe that mortgage lenders are required to charge all borrowers the same fees.
Neontra can help you keep track of interest rates, loan amortization, and monthly mortgage payments →Did you know?
Housing is the largest average cost at $2,025 per month, making up 33% of typical spending, according to the most recent Consumer Expenditure Survey from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
Neontra auto-categorizes your all transactions by essential, non-essential, debt payments and saving contributions so you can see what percentage of your expenses are going to housing →Did you know?
The word "mortgage" comes from the old French phrase "mort gaige." Literally translated, mort gaige means death pledge. Once the mortgage is paid off, the loan dies.
10 Weird Facts About Home Mortgages →Saving
How To Avoid Being House Poor And Other Homebuyer Horror Stories
Half Banked Podcast: Hosts Cadeem and Bethan focus on what buying a home is like, particularly for first-timers →Word of the week
Co-Borrower
When two people apply for a loan or credit line together, they are known as co-borrowers. The money associated with the loan are equally accessible to the co-borrower. Payment obligations fall on both the principal borrower and the co-borrower. A common example of this is a married couple that applies for a mortgage or auto loan together.
What Is a Co-Borrower? Role in Loan Documents and Vs. Co-Signer →Infographic of the week
What You Need to Earn to Own a Home in 50 American Cities
Between skyrocketing prices, stagnating wages, and now rising interest rates, the deck seems to be increasingly stacked against home ownership. Using May 2023 data tabulated by Home Sweet Home, the Visual Capitalist maps out the annual salary needed to afford a 30-year mortgage (at 6.37%) to buy a home in America’s 50 most populous metropolitan areas.
The Least and Most Affordable American Cities to Own a Home →Word of the week
Collateral
Capital or asset pledged to a bank or other lender in the event that the borrower is unable to make all of the repayment instalments on a loan.
Collateral Definition, Types, & Examples →Infographic of the week
Which Cities Have Bubble Risk in Their Property Markets?
Despite higher mortgages and sharply correcting prices, some cities’ property markets are still in bubble-risk territory.
The UBS Global Real Estate Bubble Index →Word of the week
Amortization
The amortization period is the length of time it takes to pay off a mortgage in full. The amortization is an estimate based on the interest rate for your current term.
Learn more on how your amortization period affects your costs →Saving
Tempted to buy a home with siblings or friends? Here’s what you need to know
Podcast: Stress Test by columnist Rob Carrick on what you should know before buying a home with others →Saving
Rising interest rates brought pain for new homeowners - and opportunity for house hunters
Podcast: Stress Test by columnist Rob Carrick and editor Roma Luciw →Serious stuff
The Bank of Canada has increased its benchmark interest rate to 5 per cent, the highest in 22 years.
What happens when interest rates rise in Canada. What does that mean for you →← Curating the web to find the most interesting and helpful information about your money.