blog | First Priority Financial https://firstpriorityfinancial.com/ Helping Non-US citizens get American Financial Services Wed, 04 Dec 2019 02:44:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.2 https://firstpriorityfinancial.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2019/11/cropped-favicon-2019-11-29_11-17-33-32x32.jpg blog | First Priority Financial https://firstpriorityfinancial.com/ 32 32 What To Expect When You’re Buying Your First Home https://firstpriorityfinancial.com/what-to-expect-when-youre-buying-your-first-home/ https://firstpriorityfinancial.com/what-to-expect-when-youre-buying-your-first-home/#respond Sat, 30 Nov 2019 02:49:27 +0000 https://firstpriorityfinancial.com/?p=626 Expect to look at more than a few houses. It can take a while to find the perfect one. Expect to provide documents. It may feel a little overwhelming, but we only ask for what we need. Expect it to take some time. There are moments when it seems like nothing is happening, but that’s when we are busy putting ...

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]]> https://firstpriorityfinancial.com/myhome-down-payment-assistance/feed/ 0 What’s the Difference Between Interest Rate and APR? https://firstpriorityfinancial.com/whats-the-difference-between-interest-rate-and-apr/ https://firstpriorityfinancial.com/whats-the-difference-between-interest-rate-and-apr/#respond Sat, 30 Nov 2019 02:17:15 +0000 https://firstpriorityfinancial.com/?p=608 Interest Rate is the percentage used to calculate your payment Annual Percentage Rate (or APR) is the TOTAL cost of the loan expressed as a percentage It’s what the interest rate would be IF it included things like origination fees, mortgage insurance premiums, settlement fees and “points” Although it doesn’t affect your monthly payments, APR can be useful as a ...

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