Below we have listed some of the many questions that banks and other mortgage lenders will ask you when determining whether or not to grant your house mortgage application. The better you are able to answer these questions, the more chance you have of getting a mortgage and owning your own property.

Obviously, mortgages, large house deposits and jobs are currently hard to get, but if you really want a house or apartment of your own in the future, no matter how long it takes to get it, now is the time to think ahead and to put yourself in the best position to obtain a home mortgage when the economy improves. (more…)

Private mortgage insurance or PMI as is known is a form of insurance new homeowners are required to purchase. This is particularly so if their down payment is 20 percent or less of the property’s valued price or sale price. The main reason for private mortgage insurance is to protect lenders in the case the new homeowner defaults on their home loan.

Although private mortgage insurance has a bad reputation since it only protects lenders, (more…)