Article(s) tagged with " Housing Loan "

How Your Income And Contributions Affect Your Housing Loan Entitlement

In case you are wondering how much loan amount you are entitled, this article intends to address that. By now, you should already know that the maximum housing loan amount Pag-IBIG can possibly grant to a member is P 3,000,000 while the smallest amount is only P 100,000. And the corresponding interest rate is actually [...]

Online Concerns: Housing Loan Applications, Membership Status And Contributions Inquiry, Etc.

Most visitors coming to this website are Overseas Filipino Workers based from different places abroad. And many of them are asking about the online facilities of the Pag-IBIG Fund (the official website is at http://www.pagibigfund.gov.ph) so they can do some transactions anywhere they are comfortable. Some of the most common questions we encounter are listed [...]

Why This Question Is Wrong: “Can I Pay The Whole 24 Months Contribution One-Time So That I Can Avail of the Housing Loan?”

Yes, that’s a wrong question and later I will explain why. The main purpose of this article is simply to tell you not to ask that question from now on, because it’s a wrong question. Enough of that question. Period. The Right Answer To The Wrong Question We have received that kind of question several [...]

Benefits of Becoming A Pag-IBIG Fund Member

It’s a deplorable fact: A lot of Pag-IBIG Fund Members, especially the employees, are not aware of the benefits they can derive from becoming (forcibly, since it is mandatory) a member of the Pag-IBIG Fund. For some, getting a payroll deduction for Pag-IBIG contribution is an automatic acceptance of something that is unavoidable -– no [...]

Pag-IBIG Housing Loan Default and Foreclosure

Most real estate purchases and investments are made with the use of borrowed money; that is by mortgage loans. In an ideal world, these mortgages are paid on time and are eventually fully paid including all the interest incurred by borrowing the money. But unforeseen circumstances do sometimes happen, which lead to loan defaults and, [...]

Pag-Ibig Housing Loan Requirements

So you’ve finally decided to invest in real property using Pag-IBIG Housing Loan? You figured that it’s about time that you apply for that Pag-IBIG Loan after all those years of faithful contributions to the Pag-IBIG Fund. Now you ask yourself: “What are the requirements to avail of Pag-IBIG Housing Loan?” There are standard requirements [...]

What Is Loan-To-Value Ratio?

A key concept in helping home buyers assess how much they can borrow to finance their real property investment is the Loan – To – Value Ratio. The Loan–To–Value Ratio (LTV for brevity) is the amount of the borrower’s loan divided by the appraised value of the property. LTV = (Loan Amount) / (Appraised Value) [...]

Mortgage Loan Fundamentals

Real estate properties are seldom bought on spot cash. The vast majority are purchased with a little down payment and mortgage loans on the balance. A mortgage loan is a form of secured financing; that is, the lender gives you the needed financing and in return you pledge the property as collateral. In a mortgage [...]

Pag-IBIG Housing Loan 101

One of the main concerns of Pag-IBIG Members is getting a Housing Loan. And why not? That is one of the privileges they can get as members of the Fund Company. This article will address a number of those basic concerns about Housing Loan. Who can avail of Pag-IBIG Housing Loan? Pag-IBIG Loans are allowed [...]