Posts discussing 15-year Fixed Rate Mortgage

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18Mar2011
Author
Dan Green
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Mortgage Strategy
Can You Stomach A 15-Year Fixed Rate Mortgage Payment? Now Is Your Time To Go For It. Thumbnail

Can You Stomach A 15-Year Fixed Rate Mortgage Payment? Now Is Your Time To Go For It.

It's an excellent time to lock a 15-year fixed rate mortgage. Versus comparable 30-year loans, conforming 15-year mortgage rates are "on sale" -- and cheap.

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06Oct2009
Author
Dan Green
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Mortgage Strategy
Have You Compared The 15-Year Fixed Rate Mortgage To The 30-Year Fixed Rate Mortgage Lately? Thumbnail

Have You Compared The 15-Year Fixed Rate Mortgage To The 30-Year Fixed Rate Mortgage Lately?

Shopping for a mortgage rate and a mortgage product at the same time is like multi-variate calculus. Except harder. Consider the 15-year fixed rate mortgage as compared to its 30-year cousin. At the beginning of the year, the interest rate differential was negligible. Now, it's pronounced.

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21Feb2006
Author
Dan Green
Filed Under
Mortgage Strategy

The 15-Year Mortgage is a Sucker’s Bet

For some people, the major financial goal is to pay off the house in full, and bid adieu to the mortgage. To accomplish that goal, they stuff aside extra payments month after month into the home until the mortgage is paid off. What a terrible waste of money. I present...

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