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Property Tax, Interest Rates, and Your Monthly Payment

What can cause your pre-approved mortgage to fail, last minute, in 2022? Property tax and interest rates. If you are borrowing the full amount of your pre-approved mortgage, you need to check the total monthly cost of a property before you make an offer. Your lender pre-approved you based on a typical property tax and

By Rona|2022-06-07T09:37:11-04:00June 8th, 2022|Categories: Money and finance, Mortgage matters|Tags: interest rates, monthly payments, mortgage, real estate tax, rent vs buy|

Portfolio Lenders and Recasting Mortgages

Portfolio vs. conventional lenders A Portfolio Bank is a bank that lends their own funds into mortgages. They keep the mortgages in the bank and service the loans, which is a real advantage to homeowners. Portfolio lenders tend to be local banks and credit unions. A portfolio lender is able to make their own rules