Managing Your Mortgage

Tips for managing your existing mortgage. From payments to modifications to paying off early.

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Mortgage Management

Divorce and Mortgages: Explore Your Loan Solutions

During divorce, you can sell the home, refinance to remove a spouse or have one party assume the loan. Learn how to protect your credit and finances.

Lisa Rodriguez
Mortgage Management

Escrow Shortage: Identify Causes and Solutions

An escrow shortage means your account doesn't have enough to cover taxes or insurance. Learn why it happens and your options for handling the increase.

Michael Chen
Mortgage Management

Exit Your Mortgage: Explore Your Options Wisely

Get out of your mortgage by selling, refinancing, assuming or through hardship options. Learn the costs and consequences of each exit strategy.

Lisa Rodriguez
Mortgage Management

Pay Off Your Mortgage Faster: 9 Proven Methods

Pay off your mortgage years early with these strategies. Biweekly payments, extra principal and refinancing tactics that actually work.

Sarah Mitchell
Mortgage Management

Remove Someone From a Mortgage: Simple Approaches

Remove someone from your mortgage through refinancing, loan assumption or selling. Learn the process for divorce, buyouts and co-borrower removal.

David Thompson
Mortgage Management

Mortgage Recast Calculator: Learn to Lower Payments

Use our mortgage recast calculator logic to see your new payment. Recasting costs $150-$500 vs thousands for refinancing. Learn how loan recasting works.

Lisa Rodriguez
Mortgage Management

Mortgage After Death - What Heirs Need to Know

When a homeowner dies, the mortgage doesn't disappear. Heirs can assume the loan, refinance, sell the property or let it go to foreclosure.

Lisa Rodriguez