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Pre-Approval can be obtained within a week of the completed loan application. If you are looking to purchase and would like to be pre-approved, simply fill out the preliminary application, and our loan officers will contact you quickly. The final loan approval is then subject to an acceptable property appraisal after you have chosen a home.

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The Advantages of Different Types of Mortgage Lenders, continued..

Most often a Realtor will direct you to a specific loan officer who has demonstrated a track record of service and reliability -- or a loan officer who works for a lender affiliated with their real estate office.

Our No-Cost program will lower your rate at no cost to you. We pay all of the closing costs such as title fees, appraisal fees, and credit report fees. There are no loan fees or prepayment penalties, and nothing is added to your loan balance.

Usually, larger mortgage bankers are much better at promoting special first time buyer programs, cooperating with states and local governments. These programs will have slightly lower interest rates and costs than the current market rate. To qualify for these programs, your income must usually fall below a median average for the area and you must not have owned your residence for the last three years.

What is escrow analysis? Escrow analysis is the process used to determine if the escrow portion of your payment is enough to pay your escrow items (usually tax and insurance bills) for the coming year. The method and format of the analysis is prescribed by federal regulation. The first step in the escrow analysis process is forecasting or estimating the amounts of each of the escrow items we will pay on your behalf in the coming year. Based on these estimates, we then adjust your monthly escrow collection to insure we will have sufficient funds to pay these bills when they become due. We also determine the current escrow balance needed to pay these upcoming bills, and compare this amount with the balance actually in your escrow account at the time of the analysis. Due to changes in the amount of tax and insurance bills, we often discover there is either a surplus or a shortage in your escrow account.

Shopping Rates A very important reason you need to have at least some idea of your down payment is for shopping interest rates. Some loan programs charge a slightly higher interest rate for minimal down payments. Plus, the interest rates for different loan programs are not the same. For example, conventional, VA, and FHA all offer fixed rate loans. However, the rates vary from one program to another. If you shop lenders by phone, the loan officer will be able to tell which programs fit and quote you rates accordingly. However, if you are shopping on the internet, you have to have some idea of your loan program on your own.

Forbearance Plans - These are written agreements which may call for a short period of reduced or suspended payments followed by a period of regular and increased payments. Detailed financial information and proof of hardship caused by circumstances beyond your control will be required for this option to be considered and may not be available on all mortgage types.

Risk and Market Fluctuation Even when it is easy to predict a trend in interest rates, choosing not to lock in is a risk. That is because, even in the middle of a trend, the daily fluctuations of interest rates can be extremely volatile. Daily economic news affects interest rates, sometimes dramatically.

You see, what happens behind the scenes is that your loan got packaged into a pool with a lot of other loans and sold off to one of the three institutions listed above. The servicer of your loan gets a monthly fee from the investor for processing payments and taking care of your loan. This fee is usually only 3/8ths of a percent or so, but the amount adds up. There are companies that service over billions of dollars of home loans. Three-eighths of a percent on a billion dollars is a tidy income.

Correct any inaccuracies in your credit record before you apply for a mortgage loan. The process can take up to 30 days, so reviewing your records well in advance of applying for a mortgage is also important.

Until I learned about a reverse mortgage through a friend who had gotten one, I was pinching pennies and borrowing from my daughter. I had lost my independence. Now that I have received my reverse mortgage, I have money in my pocket, peace of mind and I am happy again! Senior from Florida

Mortgage bankers may have problems just because they are too big or they may operate like well oiled machines. A lot depends on the branch or office you deal with.