Guide to Refinance, Mortgage,
& Home Equity Loans in
Santa Rosa, California (CA)

Santa Rosa is the seat of Sonoma County, California, with a population of 156,200 residents. It is the largest city in California’s Wine Country, and the fifth largest city in the San Francisco Bay area.

The median Santa Rosa household income is $50,932 which is a comfortable amount in a city in the middle of “wine country.” There are innumerable wineries and vineyards throughout Santa Rosa, as well as the renowned redwood trees, attracting thousands of tourists and visitors each year.

Types of Mortgages

Here are several possibilities:

  • If you do not have a large amount of savings, an Interest-Only Mortgage (IOM) may be best for you. With an IOM, for a set term, you only pay interest on the principal balance. The principal balance is the loan amount before interest. At the end of the interest-only term, you can pay the principal balance, or convert to another type of loan. The typical interest term is 5 or 10 years, with the early payments significantly lower than the later payments. This allows a borrower whose salary is projected to go up to borrow more money than he would otherwise have been able to. During the first years of the loan, you are essentially renting your house, until you pay more of the principal balance.
  • A Reverse Mortgage is available to seniors 62 years old or older. The Reverse Mortgage was designed to return home equity to its senior owners, either in one large sum or in regularly spaced payments. The homeowner’s duty to repay the loan is erased until she dies, sells the home, or leaves it.

To apply for a Reverse Mortgage, you must: be at least 62, pay off any existing mortgages with the proceeds from the reverse mortgage, and, if necessary, extra personal funds. There are not any minimum income or credit score requirements, and you can usually use the money from a reverse mortgage in any manner you wish. Before you apply for a reverse mortgage, you must go for HUD-counseling, to ensure that you thoroughly understand what a reverse mortgage is, and are familiar with all the details of its procedure. A limited number of “public sector” reverse mortgages are offered by some state and local governments, but these loans must usually be used for specific tasks, like home improvements or property taxes.

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