Definition of "Should I Consolidate My Debt?"

Discover your potential monthly savings by combining your bills into a single source. Eliminate high interest rate credit card and installment loans with a tax deductible (consult you tax advisor) consolidation loan. Use our calculator to figure how long before your savings equal the cost of obtaining a new consolidation loan.

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Popular Mortgage Glossary Terms

The initial interest rate on an ARM, when it is below the fully indexed rate. ...

The specific interest rate series to which the interest rate on an ARM is tied, such as 'Treasury Constant Maturities, One-Year,' or 'Eleventh District Cost of Funds.' ...

Cost-of-Funds Index, one of many interest rate indexes used to determine interest rate adjustments on an adjustable rate mortgage. ...

The amount the borrower promises to repay, as set forth in the loan contract. The loan amount may exceed the original amount requested by the borrower if he or she elects to include ...

Requirements stipulated by the lender that the ratio of housing expense to borrower income and the ratio of housing expense plus other debt service to borrower income cannot exceed ...

The amount of the original loan remaining to be paid. It is equal to the loan amount less the sum of all prior payments of principal. ...

Every ARM is tied to an interest rate index. An index has three relevant features:availibility, level, volatility. All the common ARM indexes are readily available from a published source, ...

A measure of interest cost on a reverse mortgage. ...

A mortgage on which the payment rises by a constant percent for a specified number of periods, after which it becomes fully-amortizing. ...