Pt 2-What is mortgage loan insurance?

Q.....Pt 2-What is mortgage loan insurance?

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A..... In addition "Mortgage Loan Insurance" might mean the Life Insurance offered by your Lender to pay off your mortgage in the event you or your spouse dies.




Quickly - do NOT buy the insurance offered by the Lender ... it's a good deal for the Lender .... but lousy insurance - you pay, but they own the policy.



Get your own term (or other type) of Life Ins from a reputable Life Ins co and ask them to explain the differences - declining balance, constant payment, transfering the mortgage cancels the converage etc etc

Do I really need a lawyer?

Q......Do I really need a lawyer?
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A.....Nope but Yep.




For a buyer or seller the potential problems of NOT using a lawyer far outweigh the cost.



They a charged with the duty of making sure "it's right", and have an errors and omissions fund to cover the boo-boos.

What is a variable rate mortgage?

Q......What is a variable rate mortgage?
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A..... A Variable rate mortgage should be called a variable "amortization & rate" mortgage.




The pre-agreed payment remains the same throughout the 'term', but as the interest rate ebbs and flows, the "period over which the balance is retired" flows and ebbs (i.e. inversely to the rate change).



Since it's introduction in the early 1980's the "variable" has worked out as the best option (over a 5 yr time-frame)for borrowers - considering both the total payments made & the retirement of principal at end of term.



The advantage of course is that the interest rate "starts out" at about 2% below the fixed 5yr rate - allowing a great deal of flexibility "up" before reaching the 5yr's starting point.



Few first-timers, but many second-time buyers and renewals "go variable".



It's a difficult choice now for mild-mannered risk-averse types ... heck 5yrs at 3.5% or so? Pretty darn cheap.... relatively speaking. Most of the time I've been registered (1974) rates were 9-12%.



But Now IS different.



Rates should stay low until the public catches on that central banks have started intently devaluing their currencies - who knows maybe in 1 yr, maybe 4 or 5yrs.



Try this combination ... take half your mortgage as a variable and the other half as a 5, 7, or 10yr fixed.

I came back after a showing of my home and noticed a large coffee stain

Q.....I came back after a showing of my home and noticed a large coffee stain on my white carpet! My agent says she had no knowledge of this and did not offer to pay for the cleaning. What are my rights?
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A....Delicate. Esp. on white carpet.




1) It's gotta get cleaned.



2) The Toronto contract says the Listing Broker is responsible for wilful and negligent acts.



If the "spiller" showing agent cannot be identified and cajoled into paying for cleaning, then I think owner and/or Lister should pay and deduct that amount from the fee offered to a co-operating broker (w explanation).