Mortgage Loan Purchases


by Shane Van Niekerk - Date: 2007-01-20 - Word Count: 356 Share This!

A mortgage loan is a loan used for purchasing a home or any expensive item that you might require for a business premises or more likely than not a private residential home.

Many people avoid buying property as they do not want to have a loan to pay off and be in debt for many years. In fact buying property is always a good investment as the value will always rise. It is wise to start buying property while you are still young. Once the loan is paid off in full you could buy a second house, and so on and in this way you could accumulate wealth in property.

Before entering the property market investigate interest rates and whether they are fixed or not, and the loan charges and registration fees of a loan. Find out about any hidden costs that might be involved, you do not want to find out about these costs later on. Check the banks and all loaning facilities that are prepared to loan big amounts of money. You will find a number of lenders that advertise online as well. Compare all these companies' interest rates and make a choice of where you will be applying for the loan.

Check if there are lenders who are prepared to give you a loan for the full purchase price of the home. If not, find out what percentage of the purchase price they are prepared to loan you. The shortfall you will have to save, so that you will have a down payment when you apply for the loan. Make sure that your credit history is good and then you will be ready to put in an application for a loan.

Although this loan is secured against the home, the lender will still want to make sure that he will get his money plus interest back. You will be required to complete a questionnaire so that the lender can evaluate your financial position and decide whether or not you are a good candidate for borrowing money. This is a long term commitment and borrowers must be in the position to be able to keep up the payments.


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