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Checking the facts
Answer True or False.
1. F
2. F
3. T
4. T

Vocabulary to remember
Fill in the blanks.
1. mortgage loan
2. lender
3. job history
4. credit report
5. nontraditional credit history
6. down payment, closing costs

Working with numbers
Find 5 percent of the house sales price to calculate the down payment.
Answers:
$4,500
$3,750
$2,500

 

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Checking the facts

Vocabulary to remember

Fill in the blanks.

1. The type of loan you get to buy a home is a mortgage loan.

2. The mortgage lender must decide if you can repay a loan.

3. A list of the places you have worked and the dates of your employment
is a job history.

4. A credit report will show if you have paid your bills on time.

5. If you do not have credit cards and have never taken a loan, you can collect records
to make your own nontraditional credit history.

6. The lender will check to see that you have the down payment and the closing costs in a bank account.

 

Working with numbers

Find 5 percent of the house price to calculate the down payment.

House Price

Down Payment

$90,000

$4,500

$75,000

$3,750

$50,000

$2,500

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