Buying your house

Most of us are not secure enough financially to make the large purchases for cash, and nowhere is this more true than that biggest purchase, your home.

It is so common to finance the house, that an entire sector of lending has grown up around just it. Cashdoctors.com.au wants you to understand fully this daunting loan before you get into the middle of the process. Especially since it is such an involved process.

Home lending is a special thing all to itself, the terms are longer, and the interest figured in very special ways, but it is not beyond understanding. To break it down let's start with understanding the bank's attitudes and ideas. To the bank, the world of your money balances risk with profit. This means that they don't want any loan that isn't likely to be paid and make them a profit. This is where they rule out any small short-term loans, or people that don't have a sufficient credit rating to cover the loan.

This is where cashdoctors.com.au comes in. Just log on to cashdoctors.com.au and sign up for your CashCow card, and the next time you need a quick, small loan to tide you over until payday; the paperwork is all done. Or if you need to cash your cheque, your identification is taken care of, and you can get your cash that much quicker, without having to wait for it to clear your accounts.

Home loans are another story; their higher principle, and longer terms ensures the bank of the profits. Particularly as they usually want twenty percent of the total value of the home as a down payment. The down payment clears a percentage of the house to cover the bank's profit if they have to forclose.

With the downpayment out of the way, the next point is the term. Typically ranging form fifteen to thirty years, the interest comes into play. Now with the banks wanting to balance risk against profit, that the thirty year loans would carry the heavier profit as the risk increases with time. However, the longer the term, the higher the profit, so it is possible to find thirty year loans with a lower rate. This is the very kind of thing that makes it very important to shop around for your loans. Interest biulds daily, so every little point helps in the long run. It may also be possible to buy points, in these cases the bank gets more of their money up front in exchange for lowering your rate. Do some careful math to decide if the money might be better spent on the down payment, or if it actually would save you money in the long run by lowering the rate on the total.

Home loans can be a very confusing environment, so remember that you are making a very long-term decision on the largest purchase of your life, so if you have any questions, ask them. If you don't like the answer or lack of one, go somewhere else. It's your money, be sure about where your're going to put it.

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