How to Reduce Your Mortgage Closing Costs

Closing a mortgage always involves closing costs which will vary from lender to lender. Even so-called “no closing costs loans” involve paying to close the loan, even if the borrower doesn’t foot the bill, someone does. If you want to reduce the cost of closing your mortgage, here are a few tips you can use.… Continue Reading

Understanding mortgage points

Mortgage points is a unique American approach to home financing. A mortgage point is an amount equivalent to 1% of the mortgage loan amount. For example, if you take a loan of $300,000, one point would be $3000. There are two kinds of mortgage points: Origination points and Discount points. Origination Points Origination fee is… Continue Reading