Sentences with phrase «throw at the mortgage»

Eliminate a bad habit or three, forego an indulgence, eliminate a bill or two that are unessential, or cut an essential cost back and you'll have some money to throw at your mortgage.

Some articles advocate that you put extra money in high - return investments instead of throwing it at a mortgage, especially when you're young.

If you're aggressive with your payments, and find additional money to throw at the mortgage, it's just going to keep getting better.

Not exact matches

Unfortunately, life can throw lots of different things at you potentially making monthly mortgage payments difficult, if not impossible.

At that point, you can retire your home loan and throw your mortgage retirement party.

There are many ways to do this (putting extra towards principal each month, putting big chunks down here and there) but the bottom line is that you throw extra money at the mortgage principal whenever you can.

Similar to throwing money at a mortgage, make as many extra pre-payments as possible to increase equity.

Getting rid of a 30 - year mortgage in 25 years is realistic if your payments are low enough that you can afford to throw extra money at the principal every month.

BMO threw down its mortgage gauntlet on Friday, with a rock - bottom five - year fixed - rate at 2.99 % (down from 3.09 %), effective immediately.

So I'd keep a ~ year's worth of cash needs liquid and invested (giving me 6 mo worth in the worst case) and throw the rest at the mortgage.

I recognize that they want their tax revenue and such, but given all the money that the government is willing to throw at the strategic mortgage defaulters, you would think they might want to instead encourage Americans to save.

We just threw chunks of money at the mortgage whenever we felt doing so was our best option for surplus cash.

Remember, most people will make a lot more money in 15 years, and they should take advantage of this by throwing more money at their mortgage.

The media, as driven and owned by the banks would have «us» believe that this act is a mandatory lifeboat response having to do with managing risk and loss precipitated by natural disaster credit - card reliance (since our government was out partying during these events and cutting birthday cake) and the mortgage fiasco which in fact was created by the banks themselves when they threw billions of dollars at unqualified consumers around 2001 with knowledge of their poor risk and just to make a buck.

The mortgage industry is one that gets a lot of different opinions thrown at it, and some of them are based on inaccurate assumptions.

A comment such as «At least I'm building equity instead of throwing my money away on rent» would only be true if the amount of interest on the mortgage plus maintenance and property tax was equal to the amount of rent being paid which it usually isn't.

We're throwing every extra dollar we have at the mortgage.

In an effort to stabilize the mortgage market after the housing crisis, lending has become a constantly evolving practice, where old rules are thrown out and new ones - often aimed at protecting the consumer - are put in, such as the rules recently enacted by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

If you already own your house and are in a position to throw a large (or medium) chunk of money at the principal ahead of schedule, mortgage recasting may make sense.

The terms that are thrown at you when you take out a mortgage loan can be confusing.

The $ 34,000 Student Loan is my LOWEST debt compared to my home mortgage at 4.6 %, rental property mortgage at 5.25 % (cash flow positive) and vacation home mortgage at 5.875 % (which i don't want to throw money at anymore since the market is so bad).

So even though I'm all for big wins — throwing chunks of money at a debt — there's a smarter, longer - term trick I'm using to pay the mortgage that will save me a lot of money in interest — and get the mortgage paid off quicker.

I want to throw as much money as I can at the mortgage (within reason, and without depriving my family).

I'm throwing everything at the mortgage — because I already have an emergency fund and invest in the stock market.

I've worked out that if I throw every extra penny at my mortgage, I can pay it off in just under 8 years... do I have to wait THAT LONG to get me one «a them nifty index funds?

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When you're in the prime of your career, juggling rent, mortgage, student loan payments, raising a family and paying all sorts of other ancillary expenses that life throws at you, retirement planning can take a bit of a back seat (for a decade or so).

Kiviat's article was well - timed to throw fire on the MID debate: «Washington throws more than $ 100 billion a year in tax breaks and subsidies at buyers through the mortgage - interest and property - tax deductions.

It starts slow and unimpressively - but that $ 200 monthly will become an extra $ 2400 annually to throw at your second lowest mortgage.

If you throw too much at the mortgage, you won't have money for other needs.

Buying your first home is a daunting process, but if you're equipped with the right relationships, you can explore options like Andrew did, and capitalize on the hot housing market, and stop throwing your monthly rent check at somebody else's mortgage.

With all the marketing language and mortgage options that are thrown at you by banks, it quickly becomes very difficult for you to understand what option is ideal for you.

There are many instances where a Seller will say no to closing cost concessions and in that case a Buyer who is told by a mortgage lender that they will need very little money at closing because a Seller will pay the Buyers Closing Costs and Pre-paids, the Buyer gets very upset and it throws real estate deals in jeopardy.