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Summary: Mortgage points are up-front charges for a loan that a lender charges a borrower to reduce a rate. Discover how mortgage brokers charge points with tips from a licensed mortgage broker in this free video on personal finance and real estate.
Adriel Torres has been in the mortgage business for over a decade. He has owned two mortgage companies and is a licensed mortgage broker. Torres has been doing credit repair since...read more
"Hi how do mortgage points work? That is related to the loan amount. Hello my name is Adriel Torres and I'm the owner of ultimate credit today dot com. Mortgage points are charges up front for a loan that the lender charges the borrower to reduce the rate. So assume that you are getting an eight percent rate but the lender gives you the option of getting a seven and a half percent, well they are going to charge you what is called a point. Usually one percent of the loan amount to bring down your rate and thus decreasing your mortgage payment which again is based on the rate of the loan. Now sometimes mortgage brokers as well will charge their own points. And that is one or two points depending on what they are charging is based on their commission fee, could be a mortgage broker point or just points so there are lender points and there are mortgage broker points. Ok. So you can have two sets, make sure you look at your closing statements to see where the charges are and who's getting what. Again thank you so much, my name is Adriel Torres with ultimate credit today dot com."
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