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Obtaining insurance
Before you can “lock” on your loan will be required to obtain two types of insurance: homeowners insurance and title insurance.
(1) Homeowners insurance
Homeowner’s insurance protects your home and possessions in case of an unfortunate event or accident. There are two components of homeowner’s insurance: insurance against damage or actual property insurance (casualty / property insurance) and third party liability insurance (liability insurance).
* Insurance against injury / property insurance (Casualty / property insurance). Covers your personal property (possessions of his house) in the case of a disaster or accident.
* Third-party liability insurance (Liability insurance). It protects you in case something happens to one person while the person is on your property and decides to sue you.
You can choose a basic policy (called HO-1) or five others that offer several additions, such as coverage in case of collapse of the building, renters insurance, condo or co-op. Read the rest of this entry »
Unfortunately, some people end up with the foreclosure of their homes simply because they are embarrassed to contact your lender, or do not know what exactly is a foreclosure and what options are available to avoid them.
Let’s start at the beginning and then clarify what exactly is a foreclosure:
It is a legal process in which your lender (financial institution that lends you the money) makes the “foreclosure” (ie, seizure) of your home. If your house is worth less than the amount you owe on the mortgage, your lender can choose the option called “statement of deficiency (deficiency judgment), in which you will owe the difference to your lender.
Foreclosure laws vary by state. In half of all states, foreclosures are court proceedings where a lender sues the borrower. Unless the homeowner can successfully counter the foreclosure, the lender wins the trial and the house will be sold by judicial oversight to recover the loan amount. Read the rest of this entry »
The home insurance or homeowners insurance, represents the instrument with which we protect our greatest asset, the home of their own, against losses caused by disasters.
However, not all insurance covers all types of disasters, and unfortunately many people do not know the details contained in your policy until you need it, when it might be too late to discover that some aspect is not assured.
Most homeowners policies cover losses caused by disasters such as fire, lightning, vandalism, theft, explosions, storms, squalls and hurricanes; clash by planes or vehicles, and sudden and accidental damage caused by water, such as rupture a pipe.
Well, what happens if the house is flooded by rising water levels when a hurricane passes, for example, or is destroyed by an earthquake? Read the rest of this entry »