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Mortgage Closing Costs

In addition to the basic mortgage underwriting, processing and origination fees that are charged by a lender, there are several other costs associated with purchasing a new property. Since every player on your real estate home buying team has a stake in your transaction, it’s a good idea to know how to budget for their […]

Closing Process

The home buying process is full of paperwork, important dates, contracts, market movements and checklists that can even overwhelm seasoned real estate investors. One of the main reasons to make sure you’re working with a professional real estate buying team is the fact that you get to lean on their combined experience to ensure a […]

Home Buying Process

Step 1 – Getting Pre-Approved  It’s obviously important to know how much home you can afford, what type of down payment to budget for, monthly mortgage payment as well as what type of loan program you’ll be using to finance the new property. Certain mortgage loans have residence type, HOA, appraisal or insurance restrictions that […]

Mortgage Payments

You’re probably curious why we’ve created an entire section about mortgage payments. However, since a mortgage payment is one of the major side effects of purchasing real estate with a home loan financing program, we thought it would be important to highlight a couple topics and related articles about mortgage payments that may impact your […]

Understanding Credit

Credit is one of the most important components in the mortgage approval process. Lenders look at a borrower’s credit score, number of open accounts, payment history, type of credit borrowed and a series of other factors when determining what level of risk to assess to each lending scenario. Down payment requirements, loan programs, flexibility on […]

Mortgage Approval Process

Whether you’re a First-Time Home Buyer or seasoned investor, the mortgage approval process can be a slightly overwhelming adventure without a proper road map and good team in your corner. Updated program guidelines, mortgage rate questions and down payment requirements are a few of the components you’ll need to be aware of when getting mortgage […]

Mortgage Basics

A mortgage loan is a loan secured by real property through the use of a document which evidences the existence of the loan and the encumbrance of that realty through the granting of a mortgage which secures the loan. However, the word mortgage alone, in everyday usage, is most often used to mean mortgage loan. […]

Bid-Over-Ask Calculator Request

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