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By Real Estate Expert KathyOHomes

A mortgage-free home in Greater Salt Lake City/Park City is the dream for every mortgaged-home owner. In order to achieve that dream, you need to pay-off your housing loan as early as you can. There are many ways of achieving your dream for a mortgaged-free home early on; and I have outlined some few tips in helping you realized that dream.

Tip #1- Live within your means.

Having a monthly payment for your housing loan is already a burden on your part; don't add more to that burden by incurring more debts. Live within your current cash on hand by paying everything in cash as much as possible; and set aside your credit cards.

Tip #2- Save extra cash for principal payment.

Most often, during the first few years of your monthly repayment goes to interest, with only a minute portion paid to the principal. However, as you go on repaying your home loan, the principal portion of your monthly repayment gradually increases so that on the last few years of your term, most of your payment goes to the principal portion. Hence, it is highly advisable to get extra cash or savings during the first few years of your home loan to make a direct to principal payment aside from your regular monthly repayment. This would rapidly decrease the remaining principal balance; thus increasing the principal portion of your monthly payment; and consequently greatly reducing your remaining years to pay.

Tip #3- Get a buy-down mortgage.

A buy-down mortgage simply means making an advance payment of your one to three years of interest on the principal at a reduced rate over the note rate. Hence, you can save lot from interest and use your savings to make a principal payment to reduce its remaining balance; eventually decreasing its term and pay-off your house in Greater Salt Lake City/Park City early on.

If you want to know more about how to get your dream house in Greater Salt Lake City/Park City and pay-off your house early by getting a buy-down mortgage and other options, please visit our website wholly dedicated to everything about Greater Salt Lake City/Park City real estate at www.KathyOHomes.com. Please feel free to contact me for any of your real estate or mortgage related questions and I will be more than glad to answer your inquiries. You may call me on my cellphone at 801-518-4599 or email me at kathyo@kathyohomes.com.

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