Maria Patterson

Also called an all-inclusive mortgage, it is where a new home loan is placed in a subordinate or secondary position...

Also called GEMs, these fixed-rate mortgages have monthly payments that increase in increments of 3 percent or more to reduce...

It is a mortgage in which the entire unpaid principal becomes due and payable on a given date, five, ten,...

B, C and D paper loans are types of subprime loans. There was a time when they were hard to...

A shared equity mortgage, or partnership mortgage, can be a good way to purchase a home with little or no...

Not to be confused with a biweekly mortgage, this type of home loan is also known as 5/25s and 7/23s....

The biweekly mortgage has become increasingly popular as more people favor paying off their home loan early and reducing interest...

It is a mortgage held by the seller that can be taken over by the buyer when a home is...

You see promotions for them all the time but banking regulators have gone after lenders who misrepresent these loans. The...

Not too long ago, they offered in abundance what are called 'stated income loans', more commonly referred to as 'no...