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What kind of mortgage do you have?

Forum Opinion Poll
30 year fixed rate 78 74.29%
15 year fixed rate 4 3.81%
5 year arm 4 3.81%
7 year arm 4 3.81%
5 or 7 year arm IO 4 3.81%
other 11 10.48%
 

What type of mortgage do you have?

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lululu
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What type of mortgage do you have?

Just out of curiousity, for those who own homes, what type of mortgage do you get? or those that are still looking, what do you plan on getting?

Posted 8/25/06 12:34 PM
 

MegZee
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Meaghan

Re: What type of mortgage do you have?

great poll!

We are going to have a 30 year fixed. I dont mess around.

Posted 8/25/06 12:36 PM
 

Eva Luna
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God, bless & heal my DH, JenG's DH Rob & DebG

Re: What type of mortgage do you have?

We got a 30 year fixed at 6.25%

Posted 8/25/06 12:37 PM
 

SweetestOfPeas
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Re: What type of mortgage do you have?

Posted by Meaghan729

great poll!

We are going to have a 30 year fixed. I dont mess around.

ditto

Posted 8/25/06 12:39 PM
 

lululu
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Re: What type of mortgage do you have?

I am the only IO up there so far..... Chat Icon

Posted 8/25/06 12:39 PM
 

SweetestOfPeas
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Re: What type of mortgage do you have?

Posted by lululu

I am the only IO up there so far..... Chat Icon


is it a fixed IO?

Posted 8/25/06 12:40 PM
 

lululu
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Re: What type of mortgage do you have?

Posted by SweetestOfPeas

Posted by lululu

I am the only IO up there so far..... Chat Icon


is it a fixed IO?



nope 5 yr ARM..... we like to live on the edge!!!

Posted 8/25/06 12:43 PM
 

MegZee
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Meaghan

Re: What type of mortgage do you have?

don't worry, IOs arent necessarily evil. Unless you havent been making additional principal payments.

IOs were used in the past for people who are paid by commission in a seasonal business.

FH and I are both salaried, so IO is not really for us. Id rather make that principal payment each month - because if you dont have to make it I know I would spend it elsewhere.

Posted 8/25/06 12:43 PM
 

lululu
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Re: What type of mortgage do you have?

Funny you say that - FH and I work in heavily bonus based jobs and the most attactive feature for us was the fact that we could make large principal repayments, without penalty, and have our monthly payments adjust instantly.

Posted 8/25/06 12:46 PM
 

MegZee
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Re: What type of mortgage do you have?

Posted by lululu

Funny you say that - FH and I work in heavily bonus based jobs and the most attactive feature for us was the fact that we could make large principal repayments, without penalty, and have our monthly payments adjust instantly.



unfortunatley I know people who are teachers that have IOs!!! and they have NOT been making principle payments Chat Icon

Posted 8/25/06 12:47 PM
 

charon54
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Rebecca

Re: What type of mortgage do you have?

We have two mortgages, 80% fixed, 15% home equity (which we fixed through Wamu's Personal Equity Management product). This way we avoided PMI.

Posted 8/25/06 12:50 PM
 

MrsProfessor
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Re: What type of mortgage do you have?

Posted by charon54

We have two mortgages, 80% fixed, 15% home equity (which we fixed through Wamu's Personal Equity Management product). This way we avoided PMI.



This is what we did. Our HELOC is not a fixed rate, but in a year we've already put a huge dent in it because DH sends the equivalent of about 10 payments a month. Chat Icon We should have it paid off by the end of '07, I think.

Posted 8/25/06 12:58 PM
 

BabyAvocado
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Re: What type of mortgage do you have?

30 yr fixed

Posted 8/25/06 1:13 PM
 

snowprincess
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Re: What type of mortgage do you have?

we will have a 7 year arm because it was the free way to get a 9 month lock on the interest rate



Posted 8/25/06 1:18 PM
 

lulugrrl
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Re: What type of mortgage do you have?

I took an ARM with a lock for 2 years, I refinanced when the rates when crazy low to a 30 fixed, and before mine started adjusting..worked out great for me, dont think I will do it again though.

Posted 8/25/06 1:20 PM
 

Tah-wee-ZAH
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Re: What type of mortgage do you have?

30 year fixed.

We make an extra payment to principle every month so it will be paid off in 15 years. It will give us a few years break before the college tuition startsChat Icon

Posted 8/25/06 1:27 PM
 

antoinette
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Antoinette

Re: What type of mortgage do you have?

we have a 30 yr fixed but are seriously considering a 5 yr arm for the house we are buying

Posted 8/25/06 3:24 PM
 

LuckySV
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Re: What type of mortgage do you have?

I chose other b/c we have a 30 yr fixed and the second mortgage is 15 yrs fixed. Both at 5%.

Posted 8/25/06 3:36 PM
 

MrsA
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Re: What type of mortgage do you have?

we considered doing a IO mtg for 5 years (right now w/ all the construction costs it woulda helped!) but figured we'd go the safer route and went w/ a 30 year fixed.

Posted 8/25/06 3:37 PM
 

leighdvm
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Michele

Re: What type of mortgage do you have?

I think we are getting a VA loan -- we are putting 10% down and will have no PMI........if we weren't getting the VA, we'd get the 30-year fixed.

Posted 8/25/06 4:54 PM
 

MommaG
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Gloria

Re: What type of mortgage do you have?

I said other. We have a 15 yr fixed but are getting a 20 yr fixed in order to pay for the addition to our house.

Posted 8/25/06 5:07 PM
 

Beth
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Member since 2/06

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Beth

Re: What type of mortgage do you have?

no clue - what ever my dh thinks is best for us at the time

considering it's what he does for a living- I trust him

we most likely wont go a traditional route- b/c we had the advantage of being able to re-fi anytime and we don't have to pay closing costs etc.

Posted 8/25/06 5:50 PM
 

MrsBlueSash
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Christian

Re: What type of mortgage do you have?

30 year fixed with a little more than 20% down. 5.5125%rate.

Posted 8/25/06 6:15 PM
 

MrsPorkChop
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Missy

Re: What type of mortgage do you have?

im the idiot with the 5 year arm Chat Icon

Posted 8/25/06 6:45 PM
 

Nicole728
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Me

Re: What type of mortgage do you have?

we have a 30 yr fixed

Posted 8/25/06 8:17 PM
 
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