Mortgages for dummies
By: by Eric Tyson and Ray Brown
Contributors: Brown, Ray (Raymond)
Edition: 3rd ed.
Series: For dummies; --For dummies
Publisher: Wiley; [John Wiley, distributor]
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J; [Chichester]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780470379967
Subjects: Mortgages; Popular works
Description: Updated to reflect today's hostile real-estate environment, a new edition of the accessible guide to mortgages provides the latest information on how to manage credit, subprime and adjustable-rate mortgages, Internet mortgages, reverse mortgages, how to calculate payments and costs, and much, much more.
Notes: Previous edition: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction -- -- Fine-tuning your finances.; title: Determining your borrowing power --; title: Qualifying for a mortgage --; title: Scoping out your credit score -- -- Locating a loan.; title: Fathoming the fundamentals --; title: Selecting the best home purchase loan --; title: Surveying special situation loans -- -- Landing a lender.; title: Finding your best lender --; title: Surfing the internet's mortgage sites --; title: Choosing your preferred mortgage --; title: Managing mortgage paperwork -- -- Refinancing and other money generators.; title: Refinancing your mortgage --; title: Reverse mortgages for retirement income -- -- The part of tens.; title: Ten (or so) "must knows" about foreclosure --; title: Ten mortgage no-nos --; title: Ten issues to consider before prepaying your loan.