San Mateo, Calif. (PRWEB) July 3, 2006
As any real estate agent knows, home sales heat up with rising temperatures every summer. Now, with mortgage interest rates much more than a complete point greater than at this time last year, fuel costs riding high, higher minimum credit card payments and customer debt nevertheless raging, many U.S. homeowners risk foreclosure on their properties – but they dont have to lose their slice of the American dream.

Final year, 31 percent of house loans issued were adjustable-rate mortgages [ARMs], which could spell huge problems as fixed mortgage prices hover about 6.83 % and ARMs are poised to go a lot higher, mentioned Brad Stroh, chairman of Bills.com. Holders of ARMs will be paying an extra $ 14 billion annually for every 1 percent improve in mortgage prices. People who bought houses at the edge of their spending ability with an ARM could face dire consequences as their mortgage payments improve — but they can take actions to maintain their monetary circumstances in verify.

According to the Mortgage Bankers Association of America, four.7 percent of U.S. mortgages have been delinquent at the end of 2005. With $ 9 trillion in outstanding U.S. mortgage debt, that locations $ 423 billion at threat of foreclosure. Homeowners who are at danger (as properly as potential homeowners) can use the tips beneath to avoid mortgage trouble.

How to avoid troubles:

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