You can now put down 3% when buying a home if you have at least a 620 credit score. Before the housing collapse we were allowed to put down nothing, now we are back to putting down only 3%. If you are buying a home the 3% down payment can be all given to you as a gift from a […]
You could save hundreds of dollars by refinancing without lowering your current rate. How can this be? FHA just lowered the monthly mortgage insurance premium from 1.35% to .85% per year if you are over 95% LTV. This is almost 1/2 of what it used to be. Example: if you have an FHA mortgage with 1.35% premium and you mortgage […]
Student loans can affect the loan process in multiple ways. They could limit you on how much you can buy or they could prevent you from buying a home all together. We will look at how student loans affect FHA, VA, USDA & conventional loans. Student loans are looked at differently depending on what type of loan you are […]
Credit repair is helpful if there is a lot of incorrect information on your credit report. If you have hired a company to dispute all of your bad credit, it most likely will delay or stop you from getting a mortgage. Most credit repair companies will dispute everything on your credit report that is derogatory. When a trade line on […]
It depends on if you had a job gap (time off between jobs) and how long the job gap was. You could have a job gap for many reasons, laid off, fired, maternity or left for a new job. If your job gap was over 6 months than you will have to wait until you have 6 months on your […]
Real estate professionals know more about the houses and the surrounding area. You will save time and money when you use a real estate professional. Here are the benefits when buying a home: Has the most information in one place about what is on the market, including homes listed by other professionals. You won’t waste time looking at unsuitable homes. […]
Most of the mortgage companies have overlays on their products. An overlay is an additional requirement added on top of a FHA, VA, or conventional mortgage guidelines. One example is FHA allows down to a 580 credit score if you want to put down 3.5% down payment. 95% of the lenders state you must have a 640 credit score and […]
A lot of people ask me which loan should I get. My answer is it depends on your situation. Both FHA & conventional loans are good loans. Here are the main reasons to use either Conv. or FHA loan. FHA- If you have lower income and want to put down only 3.5%. If your credit score is below 660. […]
Whether you are buying a home to live in, or rent out we have loans that will allow you to buy the home and rehab the home at the same time with no more money down. If you are buying a home to live in we offer rehab loans with as little as 3% down payment. This will allow you […]
Almost all lenders require a 620 credit score to get an FHA mortgage. Most lenders use an automated system to get the customers loan approval (Total Score Card) which runs through DU (Desktop Underwriter) or LP (Loan Prospector). We can get you a mortgage with a 500 credit score if you have 10% to put down. If you have a […]
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