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Making your mortgage payments on time is a must. Sometimes you can be very busy but you surely try to never forget to make your mortgage monthly payments. Paying online can save you time and hassles thus making your mortgage experience a lot more enjoyable. However, there are certain precautions you need to consider in order to avoid future problems.
The Washington DC-based Mortgage Bankers Association of America reveals that mortgage applications rose over 150 percent in comparison to a year ago. The see-saw events chose an unfortunate time to occur, squashing many pending loans or leaving consumers no choice but to pay more than planned.
Getting in your mortgage payment while it’s due is no easy task whether or not the mail is on time. Recently the extra holiday load has made the sorting process even slower, increasing chances of delays in your recent mail deliveries. Your previous practice of timing your mortgage check for a day before levying of late charges may start proving costly in cash and credit ding.
Electronic Mortgage Payments
Electronic mortgage payments could be a viable alternative. Lenders are being lenient on foreclosure and collection measures on military personnel and direct victims of September 11 events. Both moves have contributed positively in a trickle down effect on many mortgage holders.
Nevertheless, penalties of late charges and credit report damage still remain the right of lenders, being entirely unaffected by any events. Electronic mortgage payments and phone transactions are not just cost-saving in postage terms but often also in terms of late fees and credit damage, provided your lender allows this option.
New Tendencies
Naturally then, check payments are rapidly being replaced by electronic payments if a recent Check and Electronic Payment study by the Federal Reserve is to be believed. The first comprehensive studies of the retail payments system by the Federal Reserve System in over 20 years find American consumers and businesses making 80 billion retail payments annually with 50 billion by check and 30 billion electronically. The decline of checks approximates 85 percent of non-cash payments following the last study in 1979 to almost 60 percent today. The study included feedback from nearly 1,300 financial institutions comprising banks, thrifts and credit unions and 89 electronic payment processors.
It´s usually a better option to make electronic payments directly to your lender or loan services rather than second-party electronic bill payment services. Particularly if only mortgage is being paid online. Most online visitors, the real consumers using the services rate almost all electronic bill payment services highly. However if you only want to pay mortgage online in order to simplify your life, you wouldn’t want to face another administrative layer with a complaint in case of any doubt about your electronic payment.
Then there are some online bill-pay services that carry charges. Should your lender charge for an electronic payment option, though most don’t, it’s up to you to decide if it’s worthwhile? (Lenders mostly don’t charge as electronic payments mean quicker cash and therefore additional interest on the funds. Consequently electronic payments mean more money for lenders.)
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