Kentucky Mortgages, Rates & Bankruptcy
You can refinance a mortgage or purchase a home at low rates
even after bankruptcy, if you know how, and if you have a mortgage professional that
will work with you. Normally you can't get a low rate loan after
bankruptcy but here is the best way to do it!
After bankruptcy, FHA and VA requires a two year waiting
period for mortgages. A conventional mortgage company will require longer.
You should wait this two years rather then
obtain a mortgage from a high interest rate lender that charges prepayment
penalties and high mortgage rates & costs.
After two years you will be eligible for
several low rate mortgage programs. FHA has fixed rates mortgages,
adjustable mortgages and buy down mortgages.
A Fixed Rate Mortgage will be the cheapest mortgage over
the life of the loan. However, it may be your situation would warrant a
different type of mortgage. Once I know your situation, I will make the best
recommendation for you and explain to you the advantages for you. A
Mortgage is just like a pair of shoes, you have to find the one that fits you
best - not your neighbor!!
Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARM) are mortgages where
mortgage interest
rates can change. FHA's ARM Mortgages have very low mortgage rates. FHA Mortgages will
change no more than one percent
each year and 5 percent over the life of the loan. FHA is better than most conventional mortgage ARMs which can adjust 2 percent each
year and
six percent over the life of the loan.
Buy down mortgages are an alternative to
adjustable rate Mortgages. Buy down mortgages normally start at two
percent below the mortgages note rate. The next year it will increase one
percent and then the third year, the rate is adjusted to the normal mortgage
rate.
There are many opportunities for you to obtain credit and
mortgages even on poor credit or after a bankruptcy. But the key to getting mortgage
loans after bankruptcy is paying on time.
Nancy Kaufman Thompson