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Graduated Payment Mortgages

graduated payment mortgages

mortgages that begin with lower monthly payments that get slowly larger over a period of years, eventually reaching a fixed level and remaining there for the life of the loan. Graduated payment loans may be good if you expect your annual income to increase.



Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

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