Fixed Rate Mortgages
The most common type of mortgage program where your monthly payments for interest and principal never change.

Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARM)
These loans begin with an interest rate that is lower than a comparable fixed rate mortgage, but the rate changes at specified intervals.

Standard ARMS and the Differences
Choosing an ARM with an index that reacts quickly lets you take full advantage of falling interest rates.

Reverse Mortgages
A Special type of loan made to older homeowners to enable them to convert the equity in their home to cash to finance other needs.

Balloon Mortgages
Short term mortgages that have some features of a fixed rate mortgage.

Interest Rate Buydowns
The buyer would pay points above current market points in order to pay a below market interest rate during the first two years of the loan. At the end of the two years they would then pay the old market rate for the remaining term.

Choosing The Best Program
The right type of mortgage for you depends on many different factors