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What is Mortgage Acceleration

Monday, September 24, 2007
Brief History

Mortgage Acceleration is a concept that has been around for about 12 years. It has become fairly popular in New Zealand the UK and Australia. I have heard statistics that indicate as many as 30% of all mortgages in Australia utilize the Mortgage Acceleration Strategy.


Mortgage Acceleration; not to be confused with “Mortgage Elimination Scam”

The Mortgage Elimination Scam of the early 80’s (may have been around longer and I am sure can be found today if you look hard enough on the internet) was a method were a home owner could contest the validity of the mortgage contract and actually have the contract voided and then get complete ownership on the property with out paying the mortgage. This scam cost many people there homes and/or a lot of money. Bottom line is if you borrowed the money for a mortgage, you most likely owe it.

The Market Place

Today’s market place is a prime example of why Mortgage Acceleration is a good option. Setting a goal to be debt free from your mortgage and being able to establish some type of retirement account is what most people in this country need today. With Americans saving less then ever before in history, consumer debt in the trillions of dollars and just last month the foreclosure rate up 36% from the previous month (1 in 520 home owners in foreclosure), it seems to indicate that the American consumer needs to get back to basics; Paying off debt and creating saving for the future.

How does Mortgage Acceleration Work?

Mortgage Acceleration is process that minimizes interest expense on your home loan. In other words if you are currently in a 30 year mortgage at 6.5% and you are re paying the loan in the traditional manner then your interest cost is 6.5%. When you repay the loan using the Mortgage Acceleration Strategy your actual interest cost or interest expense is greatly reduced. In many cases depending on the variables your interest cost may only be 2% to 2.5% instead of 6.5%. This reduction in interest cost is accomplished by reducing the principle due on your mortgage at strategic times during the life of the loan. The tool for making the principle reductions is a HELOC or Home Equity Line of Credit. This strategy in most cases will reduce the term of your primary mortgage by 2/3rds. Most of the clients I have put into the Mortgage Acceleration process will save in excess of $100K and is some case $150K plus.

*All this can be accomplished with NO change in your current monthly expenditures.

Is Mortgage Acceleration good for everyone?

Not all clients can meet the minimal requirements to qualify for a Mortgage Acceleration Program. The basic requirements are; a specified amount of equity in your home (determined by analysis) as well as a good credit score. If you meet those requirements then the Mortgage Acceleration analysis should be closely reviewed to determine what the benefit are in savings and reduction of term for your specific mortgage loan.

What if I don’t quality for a Mortgage Acceleration Program?

Don’t worry. If you don’t qualify immediately do to equity position or credit score. There are programs that are designed to prepare you for the Mortgage Acceleration process. Two issues that need to be addressed are the equity and the credit score. Most programs out there today do not have a program in place to address these issues, you either qualify or you don’t, period.

The systematic approach to prepare a client for the Mortgage Acceleration is to attack all of the interest bearing personal debt first in a fashion that will minimize interest expense and reduce the pay off term, usually 1 to 3 years. That approach will usually fix any credit score related issues. Now we can apply the margin created through the pay off of the personal debt to increase your equity position so that the HELOC strategy can be put in place with in a few years. Now you will have the opportunity to pay off your mortgage in 8 to 12 years versus 30 years.

Why have we not heard of Mortgage Acceleration before?

This one is really pretty easy. Banks, lenders, finance companies or what ever you choose to call them, earn there money on the interest they charge you and any other additional fees they can tack on to your loan. So you can see that it is really not in there best interest to make you aware of any method of repayment that will minimize there profit by reducing the interest cost or term of the loan. The longer you have the loan and the more interest you pay, the more profit they make.

As well we have been marketed to for years about how we can make the minimal payment and stay with in our budget and continue to borrow more and more. Most people today have no idea how much interest there paying on there debt or how long it will take them to pay it off. It is time to take responsibility for our individual financial wellbeing and stop allowing ourselves to be lead to the slaughter like sheep’s by the financial institutions.

For more information on Mortgage Acceleration and Personal Debt Elimination please contact,

Mark Bustamonte
Managing Partner
Tri-Star Consulting Group, LLC
www.tristarconsultinggroupllc.info
866-840-2240
 
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Posted on 09/24/07 at 07:21:07 by Mark Bustamonte
Category: Freedom Financial Group Living Debt Free

Comments

Ronald J. Curtis wrote:

I am a real estate broker, and have passed the mortgage broker exam in Florida.
Am interested in learning more about your mortgage acceleration program, (not debt elimination) to determine if you are working with independent contractors. If so, what is your arrangement? I am not interested in MLM programs.
Thank you,

Ronald J.Curtis
Posted on 02/06/08 at 19:13:12

Debt Free wrote:

Be sure to check out Tri-Star Financial at http://www.tri-starfinancia... for Debt Settlement and Debt Management Programs.
Posted on 12/25/07 at 16:16:19

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