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Amortization Mortgage
What is an amortization mortgage?
If you’ve bought a house before, you probably have an idea what amortization
mortgage is. But as far as details are concerned, amortization mortgages
just escape those who don’t have a solid financial education background.
Amortization Mortgages: What the experts say
According to Philip Russel, assistant professor of finance at Philadelphia
University, an amortization mortgage is “the systemic payment plan
– such as a monthly payment – so that your loan is paid off over the
specified loan period.”
Based on his given definition, we can therefore safely conclude that
an amortization mortgage is an amount of money that is to be paid
off by a certain date.
Paying off an amortization mortgage is usually
done in equal monthly installments. One example of an amortization
mortgage is one that involves your car loan or your home loan. Your
credit account however cannot be considered an amortization mortgage
since it does not involve a fixed date for payoff.
In an amortization mortgage, payment is divided into two portions
– one for the interest cost and the other for the principal amount.
The principal amount is the money originally borrowed from the amortization
mortgage lender. The interest is the percent growth of the money as
time goes.
Amortization mortgage interest is computed based on the current amount
owed. Thus the longer you’ve been paying for an amortization mortgage,
the lower the interest becomes.
Negative Amortization Mortgage: Pros and Cons
Payment plans for an amortization mortgage are usually based on adjustable
rate payment loans. Adjustable rate amortization mortgages are loans
where the amount you pay depends on the rise or fall of interest rates.
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Some types of adjustable rate amortization mortgages offer payment
caps than interest rate caps. This basically limits the increase amount
of your monthly payment on your amortization mortgage and makes your
loan negatively amortized.
If interest rates rise to the point that
the interest due cannot be covered by your monthly amortization mortgage
payment, the unpaid amount will be added into the loan balance, increasing
it over time.
For instance, the payment cap of your amortization mortgage is 7.5%.
With a monthly amortization mortgage payment of $1,000 and rising
interest rates, your new payment would normally be $1200/month. But
with an amortization mortgage with capped payment, you would only
be paying $1075 and the other $125 gets added to your loan balance.
But this setback of a negative amortization mortgage can be counteracted
if you choose to pay the additional amount now and not wait for its
payoff overtime. Another advantage of negative amortization mortgages
is that cash flow is more easily controlled. Remember that with an
adjustable rate amortization mortgage, interest rates may go lower
depending on the market. Natural inflation will allow you to pay back
the money you borrowed today at a depreciated value years from now.
Most adjustable rate amortization mortgages have interest rates that
will adjust every six months, once a year, every three years, or every
five years. Interest rates of negative amortization mortgages can
adjust monthly.
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Additional Resources and Latest News:
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Comparing New Amortization & Down Payment RulesCanadian Mortgage TrendsGovernment mortgage restrictions instituted from 2008-2011 have not achieved their goal, suggests Desjardins' Senior Economist Benoit Durocher. Under these conditions, it is likely, and perhaps even desirable, that the federal government will shortly ... |
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LOVE v. FIRST MORTGAGE CORPORATIONLeagle.comRather than amortizing the loan with each minimum monthly payment (as occurs with a standard mortgage loan), `negative amortization' occurs—a borrower who elects to make only the scheduled payment during the initial years of the Option ARM owes more ... |
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BOK Financial Reports Earnings of $286 Million for 2011MarketWatch (press release)Historically low residential mortgage rates in the fourth quarter of 2011 increased both actual and projected prepayment speeds. Increased prepayment speeds reduced available for sale portfolio yields through accelerated premium amortization.and more » |
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M.D.C. Holdings Announces Fourth Quarter 2011 ResultsMarketWatch (press release)The Company's subsidiaries also provide mortgage financing, insurance and title services, primarily for Richmond American homebuyers, through HomeAmerican Mortgage Corporation, American Home Insurance Agency, Inc. and American Home Title and Escrow ...and more » |
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