Ever since Fritz lost his job at the toupee factory, he’s had a really hard time making his mortgage payments. The situation is getting pretty dire; the bank just let him know he’s only a few months away from foreclosure. “This isn’t good,” he says to himself, and decides to call his cousin Cindy for advice. As it turns out, Cindy’s thinking of moving back to town and buying a house. She says Fritz should talk to his bank and see if he’s eligible for a transfer of mortgage, because if so, she’ll take possession of the house next week.
A “transfer of mortgage” is pretty much exactly what it sounds like: it’s when a mortgage is transferred from one borrower to another with no changes to the interest rate or length of the loan. Basically, all Cindy would be doing is taking over Fritz’s mortgage. So if he’s been paying off a 30-year mortgage for five years, now Cindy only has to pay off the remainder for the next 25 years.
Not all lenders offer this, and not all mortgages have provisions that allow it. But in certain circumstances, like when a homeowner is facing foreclosure, or when a buyer wants to capitalize on the seller’s good loan terms (like a low interest rate), a transfer of mortgage might be an option worth considering. And since Fritz is saving his credit score by not having his house foreclosed, he’ll be in a better position to buy a new one when the toupee factory starts hiring again.
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Finance: What is Interest Only Mortgage?17 Views
Finance allah shmoop what is an interest only mortgage Well
simply put it's when you only pay the rent on
the dough you borrowed you don't pay down the principal
you owe like if you have a three hundred thousand
dollars mortgage at six percent interest you're paying eighteen grand
a year to rent that money in six percent times
three hundred rands eighteen grand a year But the principal
you borrowed is likely due in thirty years So in
theory anyway if it were a normal mortgage you'd want
to pay down the principal little bit a month as
you go along like averaging ten grand a year in
principle pay down over thirty years That's times ten grand
right three hundred grand their total owning your home at
the end yeah yeah priceless that's what holmes work So
why would you want an interest only mortgage Well for
one thing the monthly payments or less so maybe you
could afford morehouse If on a thirty year three hundred
thousand dollar loan at six percent you're paying interest only
while you're writing a check each month for eighteen thousand
divided by twelve or fifteen hundred bucks maybe that's all
You can afford well the extra five hundred bucks arm
or you'd right toe pay down your principles Just not
something you can really do right now Maybe after three
years of scrimping and saving well you'll be able to
start paying down that principal reducing risk and making life
easier all the way around But right now you can't
afford it so the only thing you can do is
do the interest only dance Well the other reason you
might want an interest only mortgages that interest costs are
tax deductible Principal pay down costs are not so if
in a given mortgage payment of say eighteen hundred bucks
a month where three hundred of it is principal pay
down and fifteen hundred of it is interest well on
ly the fifteen hundred is tax deductible That three hundred
of pay down is not And if you're a forty
percent taxpayer the government is essentially picking up the tax
savings on the fifteen hundred times a forty percent at
six hundred dollars in interest You're paying such that they
quote feel unquote like the fifteen hundred is really only
about nine hundred a month in cost to you the
three hundred bucks and principal paydown feels like a full
three hundred dollars So some people seeking tio optimize their
tax deductions live in the world of interest only mortgages
and let the government for a change You know work 00:02:26.24 --> [endTime] for them How's that feel same all Take it
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