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You see, what happens behind the scenes is that your loan got packaged into a pool with a lot of other loans and sold off to one of the three institutions listed above. The servicer of your loan gets a monthly fee from the investor for processing payments and taking care of your loan. This fee is usually only 3/8ths of a percent or so, but the amount adds up. There are companies that service over billions of dollars of home loans. Three-eighths of a percent on a billion dollars is a tidy income.

Essentially, the amount of money you can borrow will be determined by the size of the monthly payment you can afford. As a general rule, lenders do not allow the monthly payment to exceed 25% to 33% of gross monthly income. Other lenders have more flexible debt-to-income ratios.

Beginning with your first adjustment, the new interest rate on your loan is calculated according to the formula in your loan agreement. This rate is typically determined by taking the index specified in your loan documents (such as the One-Year Treasury Index), and adding it to a fixed percentage, called the margin. This figure may then be rounded, and is often subject to rate caps, which limit how much your interest rate may change at any given adjustment, or over the life of the loan.

A disadvantage is that mortgage brokers sometimes attract the greediest loan officers, too. They may charge you more on your loan which would then nullify the ability of the mortgage broker being able to shop for the lowest rate.

Adjustable rate mortgage (ARM) products:

Understand the difference between an equity loan and a credit line Equity loans are closed: You get all your money up front, then make payments on that fixed loan amount until the loan is paid. Equity credit lines are open: You can get an initial advance against the line, then reuse the line as often as you want during the period the line is open.

Once you have calculated your monthly income, multiply it by the back ratio for your particular loan. For generic purposes, it is fairly easy to work with thirty-eight. Take 38% of your monthly income or multiply it by .38. That tells you the maximum the lender wants you to spend on your housing costs and monthly consumer debt combined.

The Advantages of Different Types of Mortgage Lenders, continued