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• Tips And Advice For When You Apply For A Home Loan
  One of the most important factors when choosing a home loans plan is making sure of the term. It makes sense when saying that if you choose a longer term to pay off your loan, the lower your monthly payments will get.
  
  Some people prefer making larger payment so that their home loan can be paid off faster and because they believe that their property will increase in value. If you are planning to rent out your property the fact is true that you will more likely have a positive cash flow when you pay off your home loan in a short period. The other method is to increase the deposit you put down.
  
  Advantages of Using Home Loan Brokers
  
  Find the perfect home or property for an investment might seem to be the hardest part in the property transaction, but we believe that finding the best finance is much harder. The reason for this is because today we have so many options when applying for a home loan and there are so many companies claiming to provide the best and easiest home loans. A mortgage broker or bank can assist you in this process and save you a lot of time and probably a lot of money in the end.
  
  Their job is to provide a service that makes it simple and lay out all the terms, interest rates, monthly payments and other factors which will suite your needs. You probably have already found your ideal home and now youre looking for financing, but it you havent it is a good idea to contact a home loans broker so that you can be advised as to what your price range are. You need to find a broker who has lender partnerships with at least 3 companies where they can find the best deal for you.
  
  Risk vs. Reward
  
  What are ARM loans? It is an Adjustable Rate Mortgage which might be perfect for you. With ARM home loans you are able to have a term where the interest rates are fixed. The term can be 2 months or 7 years. They are perfect for first time buyers or people who arent planning to stay in the property for more than 7 years.
  It enables the buyer to have a lower initial monthly payment.
  
  The only risk you take is that when you decide to refinance your home loan the interest rate might be higher at that time. It is important to know when to refinance and make use of a fixed rate home loan so that that you can have more security in the long run.
  
  Paying Off Your Home Loan Early
  
  Home loans usually have terms of up to 30 years. That does seem like youll never be able to pay it off. Find a way to make a bigger gap in the principle amount. The most common one is to spend that extra cash you have on your home loan. Even if you have an extra R500 it will still make a huge difference in 3 years.
  
  By making that small sacrifice youre reducing your term dramatically. Another way is to increase your homes value by spending that R500 a month on your home. If youre not sure where the house needs attention, the kitchen and bathrooms are usually the best place. Kitchens and bathrooms make a massive difference in a home.
  
  Say No to Prepayment Penalties
  
  When you choose one of the home loans you applied for, make sure that you ask the lender regarding their prepayment policy. When the day comes when you have enough money to pay off your loan or you would like to refinance it, you dont want to make another payment just because youre paying off your mortgage early.
  
  Prepayment penalties are usually unavoidable when youre a high risk client or a first time buyer, but if it is not necessary then dont sign it. You can save thousands.
  

  About the Author

  Peter Owen owns a number of properties and teaches new and existing house buyers the importance of finding the correct home loan. For a home loan application you are welcome to follow these links Home Loans or Mortgage

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• Using Amortization Tables to Make Big Money
  Amortization tables can be intimidating when viewed from a distance, but once they are understood, they can be very useful. A good amortization table can be helpful in saving you money by informing you which mortgage offer is best for you. They can also help you to plan a strategy to pay off your mortgage ahead of time. Doing so, will free up investment capital so you can make money, a lot of money.
  
  In fact, right now you will learn how to build your amortization table. Then you'll see how to use this table to pay off your mortgage quickly and then parlay those savings into big-time money.
  
  What to enter into an amortization table calculator
  
  Most amortization tables are simple to construct when you are using a good online amortization table website. All you need to do is input the total amount of the mortgage, the interest rate and the length of the mortgage. Some amortization calculators ask for the length in years, others ask for it in months, for instance, 360 months instead of 30 years.
  
  After you click the calculate button you'll see your amortization table. You will notice each month's payment is broken down into two parts, interest and principal. You'll also notice the interest part of the payment; at least in the early part of the mortgage, will be by far, the higher number. This is because each of these early payments consists of much more interest than principal. It is this dynamic we're going to use to save a lot of money.
  
  An example in big money saving
  
  This method will work with any mortgage, but for our purposes, we'll use these fictitious numbers. We have a mortgage of $225,000. The interest rate is 7.25%, and the length of the mortgage is 30 years. When we enter these numbers into our amortization table calculator, we find the monthly payment to be $1,534.90.
  
  When we look at the first payment, we see that out of this $1,534.90, $175.53 goes toward principal and $1,359.30 to interest. When we look at the second payment we see, $176.59 will go toward principal and $1,358.31 will go toward interest.
  
  If we pay the second payment's principal part, $176.59 upfront, or at the same time as the first payment, we will save the $1,358.31 in interest. Why do we save all this money? Because after we make our first payment, we will have a balance remaining on the mortgage of $224,824.48. The difference between how much interest we pay for borrowing this amount of money for 359 months and 358 months is $1,358.31. So, by paying $176.59 with the first month's payment, we will now be on time to pay this mortgage in full in 358 months instead of 359. Yes, this is amazing!
  
  Now, if we go on down the line paying the principal amount of the next payment due, ahead of time each month. We will be saving the corresponding much higher interest charges.
  
  It does get a little more expensive.
  
  As time goes on, the principal payments get higher and the interest gets lower. Still, after two years, the 24th payment, the principal is only $201.61, and after six years, the 72nd payment the principal is still $269.20.
  
  If we stopped paying our principal payments ahead at this time, we will have knocked three years off of the time it would take to pay our mortgage off in full. This would happen because we would have paid three years on time and three years ahead of time.
  
  Payoff a 30-year mortgage in 15 years
  
  What if we want to pay off the mortgage in 15 years? Here's the secret. Go to the 180th payment. Here, you'll see that principal part of the payment is $515.93. If we add this amount onto each of our payments from the first payment of our mortgage to the 180th payment of our mortgage, the mortgage would be paid in full in 180 payments, or 15 years.
  
  $515.93 may seem like a lot to pay upfront, but even if you were to take the principal part of payment number 55, $243.00, and add it on to each payment, you would have your mortgage paid more than 10 years sooner.
  
  Summing it up, you can use this as an approximate formula: On a 30 year mortgage, add to each payment, the amount equal to the principal part of payment number 180 and you will have the mortgage paid in 15 years. Or, add to each payment, the amount equal to the principal part of payment number 55 and you will have the mortgage paid in 20 years. While this formula doesn't work perfectly for interest rates over 10%, for interest rates around 7%, it is fairly accurate. Now, let's see how to turn that savings into wealth.
  
  Invest the savings
  
  You could, of course become a real estate investor, but for simplicity sakes, let's just say you invested $1,534.90 each month in a managed fund that returns 10% yearly. After 10 years you would have $318,127.75. Also, don't forget you would have a house, which would be paid in full. I'd say you're pretty close to being rich and it all started with learning how to use your amortization table.
  

  About the Author

  Ed Lathrop is a suc