I often wonder if big time celebrities even have to apply for a mortgage for their home. I suppose they would since most of their homes cost millions and millions of dollars, but if they are a big star they probably could pay the house off in one go couldn’t they?

Their lives are nothing like ours. I think it’s easier these days to get secured loans or a mortgage for a new home, particularly if you have a good broker and or a good credit rating, but I think it’s still harder for regular people like us to get loans than it would be for most celebs.

When we first applied for our mortgage when we were buying our home our bank thoroughly checked out our job history, current income and credit rating. They were doing this to be sure we’d be able to pay back the mortgage. To be on the safe side, we even had to get home insurance and have the house inspected by a special insurance agent before we could finalize our mortgage because they wanted to be sure the house was insured in case of fire or major damage. I mean, if something happened through no fault of our own the bank could still get their mortgage we owned them partially through the home insurance.

Even when we applied to renew or Remortgage our home last year they still went over our current finances to ensure that we’d be able to pay back our mortgage. I think that’s just smart business on their part. I don’t know if all banks are so thorough but ours certainly was.

We really lucked out on our mortgage. We got it when the interest rates were at an all time low, and we kept our payments a little higher than what was required so we actually ended up paying more of our mortgage off. When we renewed we ended up paying a bit more interest but it’s still low enough that it’s manageable and if we work at it we can get ahead and pay it off a bit faster than expected.

Again … I’m sure celebrities don’t have to worry about any of this stuff. Renewals? Interest rates? Yeah, I’m sure they are considered, but I bet not as much as we consider each and ever tiny extra point of interest we have to pay.