Rule of Thumb For Reasonable Housing Costs?

In an earlier post on motivating myself to work harder, I had thrown out a piece of “common” financial advice: ... from a mortgage calculator. The “other debt” is the sum of your other recurring monthly liabilities - car loans, credit card balances, student loan payments. There are usually two lender ratios [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 13:58:59

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Mortgage Rates - Mortgage Home Calculator

It’s really a jungle of information out there. For beginners or first-time home buyers, home mortgage loan should work just any other loans, ... on your debt-to-income ratio. If you make barely enough to cover for your debts, you’ll have to pay a higher home mortgage rate. Compare this to someone who takes home a monthly income that far surpasses [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 19:52:45

Renting vs. Buying using a Mortgage Interest Calculator | ArticlesBase.com

You can use a mortgage calculator to figure out your borrowing power with the bank and they’ll tell you exactly what you can afford. The bank uses a formula that you might have heard of called your debt to income ratio. view source [more...]

Date: 2009-07-28 19:02:19

Nevada Mortgage - How Much Can I Borrow?

This is typically the first question our Las Vegas Mortgage clients ask when applying for a new home loan ... , type of credit borrowed, and recent inquiries. Debt-to-Income Ratio The (DTI) is calculated ... The DTI would be 42%. Most mortgage guidelines require a 45% or lower Debt-to-Income ratio. Loan [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 21:02:55

Is It Time For A New Mortgage Calculator

If You Get A Call From Your Mortgage Company Realtor Federal and State laws are on the side of those who are in the unfortunate predicament of ... and respectability–as long as a collection agency is the one at hand, not the original creditor. Most people ... or personally involved in it. And very few realize that debt collectors are comprised of debt [more...]

Date: 2008-11-29 02:38:23

WalletPop - Personal Money Management from AOL

AOL’s latest project is WalletPop, a personal finance counterpart to their popular site money.aol.com ... a comprehensive list of various calculators - credit & debt, mortgage, auto loan [more...]

Date: 2008-07-15 09:03:39

The Greatest Offer For Those who Want to Receive Backlog Reduction Mortgage

These days the economy of the United States is breaking down ... your expenditures for the last half of a year and use debt calculator to realize your debt-to-income ratio ... increasing and the America encounter poor case. Debt elimination must be on everyone’s mind. With a not big [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 23:31:59

Reflecting On Goals For 2008 and Moving On To 2009

Last year, all the goals I set were based on debt elimination and how much per month we could pay to debt ... s student loan under $5500 (snowball calculator says $5847) I more than met both these goals ... in October, and then paid off our remaining car loan in November.  The only non-mortgage debt we have left [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 14:25:07

Home Buying 101 - Step Three: How much can you afford?

This is the third installment of twelve weekly features for first-time homebuyers on buying a home, now updated for 2009 ... sites that offer free mortgage calculators. I like Ginnie Mae’s. But because there are so many ... like a car, student loan, engagement ring, etc. More debt and more inquiries will likely lower [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 09:39:01

New Ventures and Personal Goals

Wow, it has been over a month since my last post. Impressive, isn’t it? ... you know that the advanced mode of the windows calculator can also convert from binary to decimal ... . On an even more personal note, I have made it a goal to pay off all of our non-mortgage debt [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 15:58:04

What your house is really worth

By Philip Brewer There are several things you can do with a house that you own ... a mortgage on the house or not.  Just like having some credit card debt doesn't change the value ... to the structure of any debts you might have. A financial calculator can crank out a value for a $350 [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 03:14:53

Kashkari Now Packing 4.5 Revolver: Cenbanks Edge Away from Treasury Target Practice

"Oh my … " - blogger Calculated Risk (Dec 3, 2008) Careful where you’re pointing that thing, Neel! OK, so the gang that couldn’t ( ... to 4.5. Meanwhile, back at the Agency Debt Ranch, I see our old friends the bond-holding foreign central ... mortgage-backed securities and debt issued by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 07:02:07

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