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Mortgages

Biweekly Mortgage Payments Not Worth The Fee

One of the fastest ways to pay off your mortgage early is to make at least one extra mortgage payment per year.  Unfortunately, this requires that you come up with the extra payment each December (assuming you make your extra payment at the end of the year), and often requires you to submit separate checks [...]

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Mortgage Loan Applications Are A Necessary Pain

Before we get too far ahead in our quest to downsize homes, I thought it would be good for all involved if we first got prequalified on an amount well within our frugal household budget.  We submitted a mortgage application with a credit union we’ve been members of for many years and will hopefully hear [...]

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