Washington State Mortgages, Made Clear. Buying or Refinancing? Let's find the right loan together.
It’s fun to visit open houses on the weekends. You may be picturing yourself living in the home, enjoying the backyard or perhaps making a few home improvements to really make it “yours”.
If you’re even thinking about buying a home, I strongly encourage you to get fully preapproved before you find yourself at an open house wanting to present an offer.
I recently received this question from one of my readers:
Dear Rhonda,
I am looking for information about the general way loans are done related to primary residence or second home.
I currently own 2 duplexes. My wife and I are renting and working in a location that is around 130 miles away from the location the home we want to buy is located. My wife has no loans in her name and was able to qualify due to good credit and job at current location 130 miles from home we want to buy. We are trying to buy a place that is far from our work with the plans of moving to this location. [Read more…]
Fannie Mae is requiring additional reserves when a borrower has more than one financed property. The amount of reserves is based on a percentage of the unpaid principal balance (UPB). Reserves are liquid funds that you have access to. Reserves are funds you need to have after closing your transaction. Funds for reserves cannot be your funds for down payment or closing cost.
Documenting large deposits on bank statements has been a royal pain in the behind for many borrowers going through the mortgage process. I am very pleased to share with you that Freddie Mac has updated guidelines that lenders are embracing.
A recent report from the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council revealed that big banks have a very high cancellation rate for home loan applicants.
In 2012, according to this data, Chase declined almost a third of their mortgage applicants with Bank of America denying 25.6% and Wells Fargo rejecting 21% of their mortgage applicants. Quicken Loans and U.S. Bank turned down 17% of their mortgage applicants.
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