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deg757
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Payment twice a month?

‎11-12-2012 02:33 PM

Is the program to pay half your payment every two weeks a good idea? Has anyone done this? I just got a letter in the mail asking me if I want to sign up. I guess it means you make 13 payments per year instead of 12. Also, my first payment is due December 1. If I sign up for this program, will I pay a full payment or half?

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tooleman694
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Re: Payment twice a month?

‎11-12-2012 02:47 PM

Anything to speed up the mortgage process the better.

 

This probably works better for people that are paid on the 1st and 15th vs by weekly.

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beb86
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Re: Payment twice a month?

‎11-12-2012 04:05 PM

It will save you good money in interest but keep in mind you will make an extra full payment a year. When you pay monthly you pay 12 full = 24 half payments, and with this program you pay 26 half payments = 13 full payments. But you are required to make a payment ever 2 weeks, I make and extra "to principle" payment each month that can save me just as much in interest without the restraints of having to pay every two weeks.

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IOBA
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Re: Payment twice a month?

‎11-12-2012 05:22 PM

Ask the bank if there is a fee to set up bi-weekly payments.  (Mine charged, but allows me to make as many payments as I want, no charge.  So on one payday, I do a principle ONLY payment.  The next payday, I do my regular payment plus an additional payment principle only.  On the rare occassions when I have three paychecks in a month <happens twice a year>, I make an extra principle payment.)

 

Ask the bank how they will apply the payments.   (Mine allows me to decide when I make the payment.  I choose principle only, but I do have the choice of paying ahead to the next month.)

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beb86
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Re: Payment twice a month?

‎11-12-2012 07:55 PM

IOBA wrote:

Ask the bank if there is a fee to set up bi-weekly payments.  (Mine charged, but allows me to make as many payments as I want, no charge.  So on one payday, I do a principle ONLY payment.  The next payday, I do my regular payment plus an additional payment principle only.  On the rare occassions when I have three paychecks in a month <happens twice a year>, I make an extra principle payment.)

 

Ask the bank how they will apply the payments.   (Mine allows me to decide when I make the payment.  I choose principle only, but I do have the choice of paying ahead to the next month.)

+1 on this advice 

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