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http://videotap.wistia.com/medias/88fd1c423m?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 The Prime Lending Rate - sometimes just called “Prime”  - is the interest rate that banks charge each other for overnight loans. Some consumer...

http://videotap.wistia.com/medias/2aiygcn0r2?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 Discount points allow you to lower your interest rate. While this video simplifies things to help you remember, “points” are essentially prepaid interest...

http://videotap.wistia.com/medias/0t1spj7b77?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 The original phrase “mort gage” translates as “death pledge”! But as this video explains, a mortgage is a loan obtained to purchase real estate....

http://videotap.wistia.com/medias/er9dbzjyww?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 While this video simplifies things to help you remember, the loan to value ratio is the amount of money you borrow compared with the price or appraised value of the home...

http://videotap.wistia.com/medias/bydtpky38r?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 This video tells you about the most common types: Fixed Rate, ARM, Balloon and 2-Step. First, Fixed Rate Mortgages: Payments remain the same for the life of the loan...

http://videotap.wistia.com/medias/tyzkf7lnxx?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 For both, as we show you in this video, compared with other options,  with fixed rates, housing costs won’t be affected by interest rate changes and...

http://videotap.wistia.com/medias/5pi2vti1bb?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 Usually, Yes. Like the guy in the video says, by sending in extra money each month or making an extra payment at the end of the year you can accelerate the process of...

http://videotap.wistia.com/medias/t1zy9x2pml?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 The monthly mortgage payment mainly pays off principal and interest. But most lenders also include local real estate taxes homeowner's insurance, and mortgage insurance,...