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Mortgage, Mortgage, Mortgage: What First-Time Home Buyers Need to Know

Realty Biz

There are fixed-rate mortgages, adjustable-rate mortgages, hybrid loans, reverse mortgages, and FHA loans that all come with varying interest rates. To get the best rate for your situation, be sure to look closely at each type of mortgage.

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Problems, Solutions, & The Problem With Those Solutions

Toronto Realty Blog

At 2.29% for a 25-year amortization, on a 5-year fixed-rate mortgage, they would carry this for $2,100.36 They qualified based on a “stress-tested” rate of 4.79%, and just slid through, being able to make those payments of $2,734.60. Fast-track residential construction projects? End NIMBY’ism?

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Top Five: Real Estate Stories Of 2022

Toronto Realty Blog

October 19th, 2022, I wrote, “Should Tenants Be Pre Approved For Candidacy?” There’s no qualification to be a landlord. May 16th, 2022, I wrote, “How New Legislation Could Kill Condominium Construction” Only two days later, I followed up with a similar topic.

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131 Real Estate Terms & Definitions Your Clients Expect You to Know in 2023

The Close

Construction loan. It’s kind of like a fixed-rate mortgage and an adjustable-rate mortgage had a baby. A convertible ARM is a mortgage with a much lower interest rate at the start of the loan, where the interest rate fluctuates during the life of the loan, usually every six months.