Saturday, October 25, 2008

Real Estate Investment Loan

Real estate is always a great asset to have. On most of the occasion it brings with it a large amount as profit. However real estate needs large investment. It's a common experience that apart from professional investors the real estate investment is not an easy task for anybody. Sometimes the investment is so large that even the professional investors find it difficult. The question arises what they do to solve the problem? Off course they go for loan. Now again the question arise what type of loan should they take? This is not such a question that I can say off coarse! In fact this needs an explanation since there are number of loan related to real estate. I will explain you some types of loan which are very common.

1.Fixed interest loans:
With this type of loan you know in advance what interest as well as total amount you have to pay. There are many types of fixed interest loans. I am listing some of them:
  • 20 year fixed interest loans at 6.65% interest
  • 30 year fixed interest loans at 6.25% interest
  • 40 year fixed interest loans at 6.15% interest
  • 15 years fixed interest loans at 6.85% interest

Note: the interest rate which I have written here may vary but you can make one thing in mind and that is that the greater the number of years for which the loan is, more will be the interest. You can really check the above offers and check out the interest rate.
Can you guess which the conditions are where the fixed interest loan is good and advantageous? You will really love to know the answer and I inform you that if you are buying the house and you plan that you will live in the house for a longer period of time then you should go for fixed interest type of loan. You will understand better what I am trying to say when you will go through second point.

2.Adjustable rate mortgage or loans( ARM):
You will really love to know what this is. You must realize that if you buy a house and would be living in that only for three to four years then the fixed rate loans are not good. Really this is a fact. However there is a solution and that is adjustable mortgage loans (ARM). They provide adjustable interest. For example if you go for 3 year ARM then the interest rate will be same for three years but after that it will start fluctuating. The starting interest rate is always less than the fixed rate interest. Hence if you will really want it useful for short term loans.

I have listed two very common types of loans. Actually all the types of loans come under these two headings. My emphasis was that you should get an idea what different kind of loans is really about and which type will be fruitful on what occasion. I hope you have got it.

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