Housing Opportunity Program
Understanding Today's Mortgages
Traditional Mortgages: Understanding Your Options
When shopping for a mortgage, consumers have more choices than ever before. Many lenders now offer specialty mortgages that help make homeownership more affordable but have risks that consumers should fully consider. For most consumers, the traditional fixed-rate mortgage is still the best option.
Once you see this easy-to-read brochure, "Traditional Mortgages: Understanding Your Options," you'll want to order some to present to your prospective home-buying clients.
Produced jointly by NAR and the Center for Responsible Lending, this five-panel brochure is one more way you can help prospective buyers make informed decisions about the kind of home financing that is best for them. It will help your clients understand traditional mortgages and make the choice that is best for them.
Download Traditional Mortgages: Understanding Your Options (PDF: 272KB)
Download brochure text (PDF: 56KB)
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Additional resources on mortgages:
- Foreclosure brochure
- Specialty (Nontraditional) Mortgage brochure
- FHA Mortgage brochure
- Predatory Lending brochure
