Paying your mortgage on time protects your credit, avoids late fees and keeps you on track to fully own your home. According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, mortgage payments more than 30 ...

When you make biweekly mortgage payments, you pay your loan every two weeks rather than once a month. This translates to 26 half-payments, or the equivalent of 13 full monthly payments per year.

The first mortgage payment is usually due a full month after your closing date — on the first day of the month. When you make mortgage payments, you’re paying for the previous month, not the current ...

If you can't make your next mortgage payment, you're not alone: More than 3% of mortgages are in some stage of delinquency, according to analytics firm Cotality, from borrowers just 30 days overdue to ...