Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Mortgage for Foreigners in Turkey

Mortgage in Turkey may be one of the easiest things to have arranged, even if you are a foreigner who has decided to finally settle in this beautiful country. The country of Turkey has one of the richest and one of the most diverse cultures in the world, and has one of the world?s most beautiful landscapes too. Settling in Turkey would surely be a one of a kind experience, something that you wouldn?t regret in the end. In Turkey mortgage may be handled by financial institutions such as banks, and the rates are often based on your income, so there are no worries there.

According to recent bank reports, all you have to do is to bring all the usual requirements for a mortgage to the nearest branch of the financial institution that you like that is also close to your house, and the transactions begin from there. The application for a mortgage would have to be initially approved by the financial institution before the mortgage can be acquired; as for appraisal of your particular property, the financial institution would be the one who would be doing the initial survey and valuing of your property. The valuation of the property would be based on location and the kind of structure that is on that particular piece of land. After valuation, the results would be tallied up with other pertinent details of your financial situation and then you would be processed once again for the kind of mortgage you may have approved. Most banks would offer around five days from the initial day of processing for the results of their financial investigation and the appraisal of your particular and specific property or properties.

There are four specific general arrangements regarding a mortgage in Turkey, and these are the following: there must be an insurance for your property that focuses specifically on natural disasters, then there?s the more general insurance coverage for the house itself, then there?s the approval that would be sent to the financial institution and you from the branch of the government called the ministry of defense. The last arrangement would be that of the assignation of a specific tax number from the national government and an account for deposits. After that basically you are all set.

What are the basic features of a mortgage loan? First feature is called the loan value, which is computed by taking into the equation the total value of a particular property to be mortgaged, then there is debt and income feature, which is calculated by taking into consideration the monthly income of the one applying for the mortgage and the valuation of the particular property. Then there?s also the question of whether your particular country has a like relationship with the country Turkey and regarding turkey mortgages and foreigners who would like to take out mortgages. As for the maturity of particular mortgages, these are based on the amount being mortgaged, the shortest is five years, the longest is twenty years.

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