Nikki
Coconut Creek,#2Consumer Suggestion
Wed, January 24, 2007
Go online and search for mortgage amortization. Enter your original loan amt, percentage rate and years. They will give you a monthly payment that is about what you are paying. Request the amortization schedule and you will see how much principal and interest you should have paid during the years. In addition, check your paperwork and see if you have a traditional mortgage or a simple interest mortgage. Traditional mortgages figure interest rates monthly, however simple interest mortgages figure them daily. If your payment is due on the 1st, but they don't get it until the 5th, 5 days of interest is added to your account. This can really rack up for people who think they have until the 15th of the month to make their payments.
Dave
Jacksonville,#3Consumer Comment
Tue, January 23, 2007
You're paying interest on a house loan? Obviously, this is your first house. That is the way loans work. You pay mostly interest for the first 10-15 years. Then it starts evening out. All mortgages are this way, not just Homecomings. You could substantially decrease that interest amount and the time that you pay off your house by adding a couple of hundred to the principal each month. You could cut the interest in half.