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Your Mortgage Payment: Monthly or Bi-Monthly?

June 11th, 2010

There has been much debate recently to the advantages and disadvantages of paying a bi-monthly mortgage.

Most Americans pay their mortgage once per month whether they have a traditional mortgage or maybe a veteran mortgage. There are many reasons for this:

  1. Traditionally, mortgages are paid monthly, and
  2. Paying a monthly mortgage works well for most people’s pay schedule.

There are several things to note if you are considering moving your mortgage payments to a bi-monthly plan. A bi-monthly plan simply means that instead of paying your mortgage at the beginning of every month, you will pay half of your mortgage every two weeks. Continue Article...