Financing A Home In NY - New York

Owning a New York home can be a lot of people's dream. New York is a bustling city which can possibly provide a wide range of opportunities for everyone. Even if you're a businessman or artist, you'll surely find something that could give you a good life in New York. Luckily, amidst the high cost of houses in New York, you'll be able to find a home financing scheme that would fit your budget.

A New York home and other real estate properties are relatively more expensive compared to homes in other states. The cost of living in New York will drive those middle income homeowners into the suburbs. To be able to get yourself a decent New York home, you'll need good income and a high credit score so you'll qualify for attractive home financing schemes.

But still, you shouldn't just jump right away to the enticing home financing deal the first financial institution you approached offers. For somebody who signs up for any home financing without prior knowledge of how the process works is like a soldier who doesn't know how to shoot using his own gun. Financing a home is not something that should be done impulsively. You need to think it over several times and weigh all possible solutions. Lack of preparation may just possibly lead to a repossession of your dream home and leave you without any other choice but to declare bankruptcy.

Homes are expensive purchases, especially those located in NY. They could be the most expensive property you can possibly buy in your entire lifetime. Your home financing decisions would not only affect your life now but also how you're going to live in the next thirty to fifty years or so.

In NY there are several agencies which offer home financing. Each of them have their own specializations. Even if you have the dollars to spend, you need to carefully choose your home financing agency, or else, you might find yourself paying more than what the house is really worth for. Of course, other things to consider are the agencies reliability and any hidden charges they could possibly include.

The price of NY homes vary largely, depending on their exact location and size. The first thing you should do is find one that fits your budget. Compare one home against other homes in the vicinity. You should also consider things such as accessibility. You wouldn't want to live too far away from your work, right?

Next, start looking for home financing agencies. You can ask your friends and coworkers to refer you to an agency which offered them a good deal. But your best option is to conduct the research manually yourself. Be aware of home financing advertisements in the daily newspaper. Financial institutions frequently advertise new and attractive home financing offers in the paper to lure more homeowners. You can also research on the internet for reliable home financing agencies which could provide your financing needs.

The New York state is a big city and their real estate business is always growing. You'll probably notice how these financing agencies are so competitive with each other. If you're patient enough, you should be able to find one that would offer you the best interest rate possible.

Applying for a home financing in NY is fast and convenient. Financial companies have drastically improved their process in the hopes of getting the biggest share of the market. With just one application, you can obtain quotes from numerous agencies. Even those online agencies can compete very well with the traditional ones in terms of giving you professional service and better home financing deals.

Usually, you'd get better chance of obtaining a good home financing scheme if you have been pre-approved for home financing. Getting pre-approved is also quick and easy. Even online agencies can pre-approve you for a home financing. Once you're pre-approved, you can just start applying for home financing. The most convenient way is to apply online. Within few hours, you'd probably receive a call from a representative of these agencies. Make sure that you get all relevant data about their offers so you can make wise comparisons.

These New York home financing agencies would want to offer you the best deal possible so you can realize your financial potential. Owning a New York home is a very good investment. NY homes continually appreciate their values, and with low interest rates, there's probably no better time than now to go ahead and buy yourself a new home.

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T & K Futures and Options Inc. Predicts New Highs for Gold Futures in 2007

Gold seems to have found a place in many investors' long term investment portfolios. Gold has been called a safe haven investment and a hedge against inflation but in our opinion the reasons for higher gold futures prices in 2007 will be a continued weakening of the US Dollar versus other currencies and higher crude oil prices.

In 2006 gold futures prices reached $750 an ounce. Coincidentally, the US Dollar was declining rapidly and oil futures prices were rallying near record highs during this same time frame.

Why would the US Dollar decline more in 2007? There are a few possible catalysts that may push the US Dollar lower this year. The huge US deficit, the war in Iraq and the largest US consumer debt ratio per capita in history are just a few reasons the US Dollar may lose some of its safe haven aura and send investor capital flooding the gold futures and options.

What would make crude oil prices rise in 2007? Middle East conflicts, high global demand and OPEC's inability (excluding Saudi Arabia) to increase current production capacity are a few of the possible reasons for higher crude oil prices this year. When one considers that nearly 20% of the entire world's crude oil has to come through the Strait of Hormuz, the current nuclear agenda and aggression exhibited from Iran makes the interruption of a huge portion of the global supply of crude oil a potential reality.

The Department of Energy reported that demand was not diminished greatly by the record crude oil supplies last year. In other words, it will most likely take much higher crude oil prices to subdue global economic expansion and therefore, the world's appetite for crude oil. High crude oil prices infer higher inflation levels which may send investors scurrying to gold futures and options as an inflationary hedge.

Higher crude oil prices and a weakening US Dollar are just a few of the possibilities that may lead to higher gold futures prices this year. Visit www.tkfutures.com/gold.htm to learn more about gold futures and gold options investing.

Gold futures and gold options investing are very risky and only risk capital should be used for these types of investments. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Visit www.tkfutures.com/risk_disclosures.htm to learn more about the risks of gold futures and gold options investing.

MK Smith is a 13 year veteran of the gold future and option markets and is the President of T & K Futures and Options Inc.

Get A Jump On Retirement

I am going to make a bold statement but it is a true statement nonetheless. If you ever plan to retire comfortably or at a reasonable age you cannot abuse credit cards. They are financial cancer.

I used to be buried in credit card debt. Part of it was sensible because it helped me purchase books and other things to get me through college, which I financed on my own. However, some of it was just stupidity. Once I decided to make a change in my thought process it only took me 2 years to get out of this debt and I wasn't making lots of money at the time either.

Let's take an example. The average credit card debt is almost $10,000 per household now. Let's say you have a $9000 credit card debt balance and the interest rate is 14.9 % which is low for most people. Depending on the company the minimum payment is probably in the neighborhood of $150/month. If you paid nothing but the minimum payment on that card, and never made another purchase, it would take you 111 months to pay this card off. Almost 10 YEARS to pay off a $9000 credit card debt? That is insanity. It would cost you roughly $16,600 to pay of $9000 in debt.

Let's take a look at the same balance with some different, and probably more common, factors involved. Take a $9000 balance and a 28% interest rate, which happens with just a couple late payments, and you pay the minimum payments only. Someone that only pays the minimum payments will take 1984 months to pay that $9000 balance off. I am not sure about you but I am not going to live 165 years to pay off my credit card debt.

Obviously it wouldn't take you that long to pay it off because your estate would cover it when you died but it speaks to the point of my article. How would you plan to retire comfortably, and certainly not early, if you have this debt as well as other debt hanging over your head?

What many people do not see is that the money you save by not forking it over to the billion dollar banks, that give you the credit cards, can be used much more wisely for you. At my worst I was paying $400 in interest on credit cards. Once I finally paid off my credit cards and stopped using them I found I was easily able to pay cash for the things I would typically put on credit cards. Not only that, I found when I was taking money out of my bank account I was much more careful on what the money was being spent on in the first place.

I decided at age 27 that I wanted to retire comfortably at age 50 and spend my free time with my kids (that I did not have yet) and grandkids. It was worth it to me to sacrifice at a younger age than it would be to deal with my mistakes at age 70. Who really wants to be bagging groceries, at the age of 70, for some high school kids running the register? I know I don't. Clearly, it could happen anyway because of illness or some other circumstance that wipes out my retirement savings but I have no control over those things. I do have control over stupidity though and I wanted to stop it at an early age.

What I am hoping you will take away from this article is how bad credit cards are for you. Credit card companies make billions in profit each year and it is for a reason. Many people feel the insurance companies are the same as credit card companies in that they like to "screw" people. The difference is, with an insurance company you are at least getting something back for all the money you give them, if you buy the right products of course.

Insurance companies are rich because they take the money you give them in premiums and invest it to make their money. In many cases insurance companies pay out more money on claims for auto and home than they actually take in for premiums. It is hit or miss if they make a profit on "earned premiums". (Sorry for the insurance jargon.)

You get no benefit from a credit card company accept for the ability to spend even more money you don't have. Credit cards should be use for emergency purposes only and if you adopt that outlook you will most likely be standing next to me on the golf course in 20 years.

Scott Bianchi is an independent insurance agent that specializes in protecting people's present financial situation while helping them prepare for a comfortable retirement. He runs a web site on personal finance He can be reached at sbianchi@charter.net.