The Top 5 Things You Must Know Before Applying for a Mortgage

Written by Rob Sallay


You’ve been thinking about buying your own home for quite a long time, and now you’re ready to takerepparttar plunge. You’ve been saving money for a down payment, and you knowrepparttar 112891 next step is preparing to apply for a mortgage.

But where do you start?

Here arerepparttar 112892 top 5 things you need to know before approaching a mortgage lender.

1. Understand Your Options All mortgages are not created equal. There are several different types, which vary based on interest rates and payment terms.

For example:

• With a fixed-rate mortgage, your monthly payments remainrepparttar 112893 same duringrepparttar 112894 entire length ofrepparttar 112895 mortgage. There will be no variations in monthly payments, regardless of changes in interest rates and inflation.

• With an adjustable-rate mortgage, you will often receive a lower initial interest rate, but your monthly payment amount can rise and fall as interest rates fluctuate (within certain caps or limits).

• With a balloon or reset mortgage, you once again may be offered a low interest rate, but it will hold for a limited time. After that,repparttar 112896 balance ofrepparttar 112897 mortgage will be due, or you will need to refinance.

2. Become a Rate Watcher The state ofrepparttar 112898 economy influences interest rates, which ebb and flow on a regular basis.

Your daily newspaper tracks these rates, so stay current by watching whether rates are rising, falling or remaining stable.

It behooves you to become as educated as possible about how these rates will affect your mortgage—and to see if you want to postpone applying for one until rates drop.

3. Get Pre-Approved Consider getting pre-approved for a mortgage, says Frank Nothaft, PhD, vice president and chief economist for Freddie Mac,repparttar 112899 stockholder-owned corporation established byrepparttar 112900 United States Congress in 1970 to create a continuous flow of funds to mortgage lenders in support of homeownership and rental housing.

”A benefit of being pre-approved for a mortgage loan is that it givesrepparttar 112901 prospective homebuyer additional bargaining leverage when competing with other prospective buyers for a home,” he says. “A home seller may be more likely to accept an offer from a pre-approved borrower—becauserepparttar 112902 seller knowsrepparttar 112903 buyer can get a loan—than from another bidder, who may be exactlyrepparttar 112904 same in financial qualifications and offer, except that he lacksrepparttar 112905 pre-approval.”

9 Dealdly Diseases That Re Sending People To An Early Grave

Written by Terry Pierce


THE CONSUMERS AWARENESS GUIDE TO SELECTING VITAMIN SUPPLE By Terry L. Pierce

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Hi my name is Terry Pierce and I amrepparttar owner of PierceNutrition. This is only section two ofrepparttar 112890 guide if you would likerepparttar 112891 full guide please contact me. The guides’ table of contents: Section one: OUR MODERN WORLD IS FULL OF HEALTH HAZARDS

Section Two: 9 DEADLY DISEASES THAT ARE SENDING PEOPLE AN EARLY GRAVE

Section Three: WHAT EXACTLY ARE ANTIOXIDANTS AND HOW CAN THEY HELP ME?

Section Four: 3 MYTHS ABOUT VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS

Section Five: WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN AT AN EARLY AGE

Section Six: ALL VITAMINS ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL

Section Seven: 7 QUESTIONS YOU MUST ASK BEFORE CHOOSING A VITAMIN SUPPLEMENT

Section Eight: 4 STEPS TO CHOOSING YOUR VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS

Section Nine: VITAMINS AND THEIR SYMPTOMS OF CLINICAL DEFICIENCY

Section Ten: TESTIMONIALS FROM ATHLETES

SECTION TWO:

9 DEADLY DISEASES THAT ARE SENDING PEOPLE TO AN EARLY GRAVE

What you can do to help prevent these diseases from affecting you and your family

In its annual report,repparttar 112892 World Health Organization warns that cancer, heart disease, and other chronic conditions, which already kill more than 24 million people a year, will impose increasing burdens of suffering and disability on hundreds of millions of others.

Health enemy #1: Heart Disease FACT Coronary artery disease isrepparttar 112893 number one killer in industrialized nation’s today_ accounting for over 7.2 million deaths a year.

Heart disease is an inflammatory disease ofrepparttar 112894 artery-not a disease of cholesterol. Over half ofrepparttar 112895 patients who suffer a heart attack have normal cholesterol levels. The underlying cause of inflammation ofrepparttar 112896 artery is “oxidized” LDL cholesterol, homocysteine, along with excessive free radicals caused by hypertension, diabetes, cigarette smoking, fatty meals and elevated insulin levels. All of these causes of inflammation ofrepparttar 112897 artery are either eliminated or significantly reduced byrepparttar 112898 use of nutritional supplementation

Health Enemy #2: Cancer FACT 6.3 million people die of cancer yearly

In spite ofrepparttar 112899 great advances inrepparttar 112900 diagnosis and treatment of cancer,repparttar 112901 eventual outcome is too often a very difficult and painful death. Medical literature increasingly supportsrepparttar 112902 fact that cancer develops from damage torepparttar 112903 DNA ofrepparttar 112904 cells by unstable molecules overrepparttar 112905 course of 10 to 20 years. Many studies have correlated that high levels of quality vitamin C intakes with low rates of cancer, particularly cancers ofrepparttar 112906 mouth, larynx and esophagus.

Health Enemy #3: Stroke FACT 4.6 million people die from stroke every year

Stroke occurs suddenly and usually without warning. Dr. Meir Stampfer reported inrepparttar 112907 New England Journal of Medicine in 1995 that 15 percent of all strokes could be related to elevated homocysteine, a by-product of protein metabolism that is elevated in individuals who have low levels of folic acid and vitamins B6 and B12. Studies have shown that by increasing your levels of vitamins B6 and B12 with high quality supplements could help prevent stroke

Health Enemy #4: Diabetes FACT 135 million people suffer from diabetes, and it’s estimated to rise to 300 million byrepparttar 112908 year 2025

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