Understanding
Your Credit

Information and Resources

Mortgage Link Directory

A downloadable guide on how to understand your credit. Adobe PDF format, if you need Adobe Reader for free, click here. Good Credit can often times help with getting a better rate on your mortgage.

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• Avoid Changes to Your Financial  Profile During the Loan Process

• Credit Score Myths

• 12 Credit Card Secrets the Banks Don't Want You to Know

• Credit Tips That Will Score Lower Interest Rates

• Identity Theft and What to Do!

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 Mortgage Calculators
&
Mortgage Terms Glossary

Keeping up to date with the latest in the Mortgage Industry is key to understanding the process of Home Loans. Click on any of the links below to view the report.

Purchase Information

• Shopping For a Mortgage

• How Much Money Should You Borrow?

• Trigger Leads

• How Purchase Loans are Made

• What Lenders Want From You

• Ten Mistakes for Purchasing

• Advance Fee Loan Scams

• Understanding Mortgage Rate Movement

• When To Lock Your Interest Rate?

• What Are Points?

• Home Insurance

• What is Mortgage Insurance?

• What is Title Insurance?

• The Appraisal

• Tips for Buying & Closing Costs

• Choosing your Realtor

• Find the Right Home For You!

• Move in Check List

Refinance Information

• Why Refinance?

• Five Reasons to Refinance

• Getting Started on Your Refinance

• Remodeling costs and recovery

Reverse Mortgage

• Reverse Mortgages

Use the links below to access consumer mortgage, financial and related information resources.

• USDA Property  Eligibility Site
• Fannie Mae Homepath
• Freddie Mac Home Ownership
• Stop Annoying Credit Card and Mortgage Solicitations
• Sign up For the National Do Not Call Registry
• Connecticut Towns and Cities
• About Massachusetts
• Save Money Heating and Cooling Your Home!