Choosing Mortgage Lenders

September 1st, 2010 by Bank Loan | No Comments | Filed in Bank
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by Ken Lund

Choosing Mortgage Lenders

There are many types of mortgage lenders and each one focuses on a special slice of the market.

Seller-financed

The seller of the property provides financing to a buyer. This type of arrangement is highly risky. Most sellers profit from borrowers twice: first, from the outright sale of the property, and second, from the interest of the borrowed money.

Savings and Loans

These mortgage lenders use the savings of private investors to provide mortgages. They are one of the largest mortgage providers in the country.

Mortgage Bankers

Here’s a rule of thumb in dealing with mortgage bankers: the bigger the bank, the better the rates they can offer. When dealing with mortgage bankers, you must be cognizant of the fact that they will control the loan throughout the whole process, from underwriting to servicing and even to the selling on the secondary market.

Mortgage Brokers

Brokers are the ones who sell loans for lenders, such as mortgage bankers. In the loan distribution network, they are at the storefront. It is possible to find a good mortgage broker through friends, co-workers, and online searches.

Credit Unions

These are owned by members and it is precisely for this reason that they give good rates and services. They operate in a similar manner as mortgage bankers.

Below are important things to note when shopping for mortgage lenders.

Finding Mortgage Lenders

It’s easy to locate mortgage lenders. If you know a real estate agent, ask this person to recommend a lender to you. If you know someone who purchased a home very recently, ask him or her for a referral. Finally, if you have a telephone and a phone directory, then turn to the yellow pages. Couple this with looking out for advertisements in print and broadcast media.

It is the Department of Commerce that issues licenses to mortgage lenders.

Reducing the Names of Your List

To weed out the names on your list, call the Department of Commerce or check their website. Go to the portion marked Consumer Info & Services and click on Enforcement Actions. You will then find a listing of any action taken against mortgage lenders.

The Department of Commerce updates its list of mortgage lenders with complains and violations. It has the authority to publicly reprimand a mortgage lender for failing to follow rules. Should another incident requiring government intervention occur, the department may choose to revoke or suspend the mortgage originator’s.

Finding the Best Rates

Comparative mortgage charts are printed in local newspapers’ real estate sections. This is a good place to look for a mortgage lender. Call the mortgage lenders who interest you and ask the following questions:

1. Are these the best rate and terms that I can qualify for?
2. Do I qualify for a better loan product that you are not offering to me?
3. Will I do better with another mortgage lender?

Take your time to shop around for mortgage lenders. Finding a mortgage lender is as crucial as finding a home itself. After all, borrowers’ relationships with mortgage lenders range between 15 to 30 years. For the relationship to last that long, it must be a match made in heaven.

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Q&A: How much money is comfortable after paying the mortgage and bills?

September 1st, 2010 by Bank Loan | 1 Comment | Filed in News

Question by Mark -: How much money is comfortable after paying the mortgage and bills?
My mortgage broker offered me 45% of gross income.
I calculated that after paying mortgage and all bills I’d be left with 5K spare cash a month to spend.

I have no idea is this is reasonable and am interested to hear how much money folks feel comfortable having after all the bills are paid.

Thanks!

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Answer by mickie lynn
yes. very reasonable. you could essentially spend a thousand dollars a week….

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What You Need To Know About Mortgage Brokers And Loan Officers

September 1st, 2010 by Bank Loan | No Comments | Filed in Bank
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by spike55151

What You Need To Know About Mortgage Brokers And Loan Officers

Unless you happen to be paying cash for your new home, you’ll need a mortgage loan in order to finance it instead. There are lots of ways to go when getting a mortgage, but two of the most common is to either use a bank loan officer or a mortgage broker, and let’s discuss the pros and cons of each.

A bank loan officer is essentially an employee for that particular bank. Their job is to review applications for loans that are made with the bank, and only except the ones that fall within the bank’s guidelines for approval. The advantages of using a bank loan officer when securing a mortgage is that if you tend to do a lot of your financial business with the bank, and they know you well, you may find you can get very good terms and easy approval to boot.

A mortgage broker on the other hand is an independent agent that usually represents several lending institutions at once. They are not employee of any of these companies, but they are representatives of them instead. Their job is to find you the best mortgage among the various companies that they represent, and they will be paid a fee for bringing the lending institution and the customer together.

A mortgage broker may not be nearly as familiar with your overall financial situation as your local bank is, and so you may have to provide them with quite a bit more paperwork and documentation than your bank would require, assuming that you bank has a familiar relationship with you.

A mortgage broker will be able to access your credit history just once and then send the details of your loan application to more than one company at a time and let the lenders compete in order to get the best terms and rates possible. This can be an advantage on your credit history report, as having your credit report accessed too often in a short period of time can actually harm your credit score overall.

The real advantage to using a mortgage broker though is found when your bank or credit union decides not to extend you a mortgage loan for some reason. Most often you will be able to still get the mortgage that you want by going through a mortgage broker instead, although you may have to pay a higher interest rate and fees in order to do so.

Keep in mind that any mortgage broker will be paid commission based on the amounts of profit that the lending institution will make, and so be careful of being charged in interest rate that is too high and unnecessary fees in the mortgage contract.

As you can see, very often your most favorable terms and rates can be found by going through your own bank or credit union. However, if that is not an alternative, a mortgage broker can be a very effective solution for getting mortgage approval instead.

You can find mortgage rate calculators and compare mortage interest rates and more by visiting our Real Estate website.

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Make Sure Your Open House Is a Smashing Success

August 31st, 2010 by Bank Loan | No Comments | Filed in Loans

Make Sure Your Open House Is a Smashing Success

If you are selling your house “for sale by owner”, I suggest you combine appointments with potential buyers with an open house. Keep your open house short – no more than two hours, from 1 – 3 pm or 2 – 4 pm. You want to create a crowd!

Be sure to place your classified ads early in the week for your open house! Place ads everywhere you are currently doing your FSBO marketing. Here are some great places to advertise your open house:

- Pennysaver.com
- Craigslist.org
- Your FSBO listing service
- Your FSBO MLS listing
- Local newspapers

You want to make the house easy to find. Put up a special open house sign or add an open house rider to your “for sale” sign. Put up directional signs or bandit signs around your neighborhood, especially at the nearest busy intersections. Be sure to take them down after the open house, of course.

Pass flyers out to your neighbors, inviting them to your open house and offering a 0 referral fee. Neighbors love to visit these and may know someone perfect for your house!

Buy a bunch of helium balloons to put in your front yard on open house day.

If your house has special unique features that people might miss, set out little cards to draw attention. For example, an “open me” card on a kitchen cabinet draws attention to a unique feature inside.

Have a sign-in sheet on a clipboard and some pens ready. Get everyone’s email for following up.

Bake some cookies to make the house smell wonderful. Offer them along with bottled water (no drinks that stain).

Set up an area where buyers can see and pick up information you have prepared, including:

- Property Information Flyers. Include lots of photos so people can clearly remember your house. – Loan Program Flyers. Have a mortgage broker give you promotional material for appropriate loan programs. Better yet, see if he’ll attend your open house. This is a great benefit you could provide to your buyers and yourself. – A “Sales Scrapbook”. Put copies of all your warranties, manuals, receipts for recent work, inspection reports, recent appraisal, copy of the new home warranty you will be supplying, and any similar materials in a 3-ring binder. This makes you look impressively organized and makes your house seem well-cared for. Wouldn’t you rather buy a used car from someone that kept a detailed service log? Same goes with houses!

SOME TIPS FOR YOUR APPOINTMENTS AND OPEN HOUSES

It goes without saying that you have previously repaired, decluttered, depersonalized, cleaned, and staged your house to get it ready to sell.

No smoking. That means you and your visitors!

No pets: Have your pets go elsewhere for the afternoon. Hide the water bowls, beds, crates, toys, kitty litter boxes, and leashes. Some people are so allergic to pets that seeing evidence of them will put them right off your house.

No bad smells: Get a dehumidifier if your basement is damp. If your house doesn’t smell as fresh as you would like consider getting a good air purifier.

Spray unscented “Oust” in any area that smells questionable. Don’t use anything that has a strong scent as some people are allergic to chemicals in room fresheners, too.

No TV: Turn it off. If there is a big game on that weekend, don’t have an open house.

Take care with kids: If your kids are there, they should be on their best behavior. Playing (quietly) in the yard, reading on their bed, or doing homework would be perfect.

Take security precautions: It will be helpful to have at least one other person there. Hide your valuables. Turn off your computers. Hide your laptop. Think what a disaster it would be if someone snuck out with it.

Never be discouraged if you have a light turn out at your open house. I once had an open house and only one couple show up. But I quickly got over my disappointment when they bought the house!

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Poor Credit Mortgage Refinancing

August 31st, 2010 by Bank Loan | No Comments | Filed in News
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by Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com

Poor Credit Mortgage Refinancing

Poor Credit Mortgage Refinancing – What You Need To Know

 

If you own your own home but you don’t have the credit rating you’d like to, you still have lots of refinancing options available. With more and more lenders joining the mortgage market each day, there are hundreds of loan products and lenders ready to meet your poor credit mortgage refinancing needs immediately.

 

Find a mortgage broker

 

One of the easiest ways to find the refinance loan you need is to use a mortgage broker. A mortgage broker works with a variety of different lenders in order to secure your mortgage refinancing. Most mortgage brokers work with many different finance companies with a wide variety of choices, so they almost always have a few poor credit mortgage lenders on their file list.

 

The advantage of using a mortgage broker is that the heavy duty work is off your plate – you only need to fill out one application, and the broker does all the work from there. Only one credit check is performed, so you don’t have to worry about several lenders pulling your credit record at once.

 

As you try to choose the right mortgage broker to meet your needs, be sure that you consider the following. Find a broker who works with several loan companies so you’ll have a better chance at getting the loan product that meets your needs. As about the availability of Good Faith Estimates with each quote, and be sure to ask about the timeline to close with each offer. Finally, make sure your broker is available to answer all of your questions.

 

Once the mortgage broker has your information and application, he or she will submit it to their lending companies, and you’ll probably have several offers on your hands. The offers will consist of the interest rate being offered to you and the terms of the refinancing.

 

Exploring Your Loan Options

Refinancing your mortgage is essentially the process of replacing your first loan, and that means you can expect to see lots of different mortgage options. Looking carefully at loan types before you apply with a mortgage broker or lender is a great way to help sort through the offers available.

 

Fixed Rate Loans

Fixed rate mortgages are those that have one interest rate throughout the entire life of the loan. That means that you can expect one payment amount every single month. A great tool for people on a tight budget, a fixed rate mortgage is a predictable way to meet your housing needs. These kinds of loans usually come in fifteen, twenty, and thirty year loans, but there are other fixed rate mortgage options, so examine them carefully before you make your final choice.

 

Adjustable Rate Loans

Adjustable rate mortgages have interest rates that can change during the life of the loan. In most cases, an adjustable rate mortgage can adjust every one, three, five, or seven years. If the market rates go up during your adjustment period, you can expect your house payment to increase as well. Should the market rates fall during any given adjustment period, your house payments will also decrease. Most of these kinds of loans have an adjustment period cap on them to ensure your payment doesn’t change too much during any given adjustment cycle.

 

Within the world of adjustable rate mortgages, there are lots of different kinds of loans. Interest-only loans allow you to pay just the interest on your loan during the first five years. This is a great way to save money if you expect your salary to increase after the first few years of owning your home. Fifty year mortgages allow you to stretch your repayment period to as long as fifty years, and that can help you get in the house you truly want. Talk with your lender about the adjustable rate mortgage that might best fit your refinancing needs.

 

Cash-out Refinancing

In addition to getting different traditional mortgages, you can also turn the equity into cash during the mortgage refinance process. The equity in your home is the difference between your home’s value and what you currently owe on the loan. For example, if your home is worth 0,000, but you only owe ,000, you have ,000 of equity in your home that you can turn into cash during poor credit mortgage refinancing.

 

Getting the Best Rate

If you do end up with a significantly higher interest rate than you’d like to see, you can increase your credit rating. Paying your mortgage payments on time is a good way to raise your credit rating – every mortgage lender reports to the three major credit bureaus often. The three main credit bureaus are Experian, TransUnion and Equifax – if you’re unsure of your credit history and rating and why it is ‘poor’, ask for your free copy of your credit report from each of the agencies. You generally get one free report each year from each bureau and you should take advantage of this – check out your credit record for discrepancies and errors that could cause your credit rating to plummet.

 

These reports are what your mortgage broker, and the lenders applied to for your mortgage refinancing, will see. Once you’re aware of the problem, you can begin changing your budgeting lifestyle to correct the issues.

 

Finding Mortgage Refinancing is easy when you work with a mortgage broker instead of tackling the lenders head on themselves. It’s not a bad idea to go ahead and check out some of the online poor credit mortgage refinancing lenders as well on your own, so you can see if their rates are better than the ones your broker offered you. Sometimes the knowledge that there are other offers on the table with lower interest rates will encourage more refinancing lenders to reconsider your application and offer a better rate, just to get your business.

 

Using a mortgage broker is free for borrowers – they are paid in points from the financing companies that they place business with. Talk to a mortgage broker about your poor credit and your situation and see if they are able to help you. There are plenty of mortgage brokers available throughout the country, so finding one that is willing to help you find poor credit mortgage refinancing shouldn’t be a problem.

 

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How do you become a mortgage processor in California?

August 31st, 2010 by Bank Loan | 2 Comments | Filed in News

Question by Daniel: How do you become a mortgage processor in California?
I am trying to become a mortgage broker but i first want to get into processing the loans before i start. Are there any major companies or do you have an office of your own where it is possible to start from the ground up? I am about to have my DRE license in a year and an Associates Real Estate the following year. Any Advice?

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Answer by Leo F
Have a pulse.

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Top 10 Reasons To Use A Mortgage Broker vs. A Bank Lender

August 31st, 2010 by Bank Loan | No Comments | Filed in Bank
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by TheTruthAbout…

Top 10 Reasons To Use A Mortgage Broker vs. A Bank Lender

Depending on the type of home loan you are seeking, you could save yourself thousands of dollars by shopping various lenders for your home mortgage needs. Therefore it is imperative that you know the difference between a mortgage broker and a bank lender. The main differences among the two are that mortgage broker’s act as a liaison between the home buyer and the bank lender. Where as banks derive the loan from their employer.

Below are the Top 10 reasons why you should use a mortgage broker instead of a bank:

1. First of all Mortgage brokers specialize in home loans and are commission based, so it is in their best interest to get you the best rate possible, or they don’t get paid.

2. They have an exceptionally large network of lenders that they work with to get you the most favorable mortgage rates and terms. Put it this way, the more lenders you have competing for your home loan, the more you save.

3. Mortgage brokers are able to work one-on-one with each individual client, evaluate their specific needs and find a lender that suits them personally. Next, the broker submits the request to one or more lenders and when the request is accepted the broker works closely with the lender until the home loan closes.

4. They can often times find a lender who accepts home loans that the bank foregoes. Mortgage brokers are also able to discuss a lower interest rate from lenders in trade for bringing in business.

5. All-in-all mortgage brokers save you the groundwork of finding the best mortgage rate and terms for your specific needs.

6. Banks on the other hand deal with all types of loans and may not have the specialization in home loans that a mortgage broker has.

7. Bank loan officers process mortgage loans originated by only their employer.

8. Loan officers at a bank are often limited to certain home loan products, guiding principles and criteria that they must follow. This can a lot of times limit the home loans available.

9. Regardless if you choose to have your home loan with that particular loan officer or not, they are still getting paid a salary. With this in mind they may not be looking out for the best interest of you.

10. Banks do not have a network of lenders that they work with. Every home loan application the bank receives is from one lending institution.

If you are ready to finally purchase your dream home, look to a mortgage professional to help you comparison shop. I suggest you go online and search for mortgage brokers in your local area. There are numerous sites that actually do the shopping for you which will end up saving you a lot of time and phone calls. They can also help you find the lowest rates and fees for your home mortgage needs. The right home loan is just one step out of the home buying process that you will not have to be concerned about.

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Modifying Home Loans the Right Way to Save You Money and Time

August 31st, 2010 by Bank Loan | No Comments | Filed in Loans
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by nikcname

Modifying Home Loans the Right Way to Save You Money and Time

There are many ways you can go about modifying home loans making it hard to sit and figure out where to begin. The economy is going through some very difficult times right now causing many homeowners to need to make some modifications to their home loans such as mortgage refinancing or loan modifications.

If you are a homeowner and are in need of making modifications to your home loan you should right away contact your mortgage broker and see what some of your options are. You will quickly learn that there are many different options available to help you get through these rough times.

Many financially stricken homeowners don’t think that they’ll be approved for any sort of assistance when it comes to their home loans, but you’ll be greatly pleased when you find out that there are options where they will not review your credit scores which usually fails many.

Home loans are a very important thing for any homeowner and if you are unable to make the necessary payments you could find yourself losing your home to foreclosure which every homeowner wants to avoid.

With the necessary modifications to your home loan you could really help yourself out and get back to financial stability. There is nothing like loosing your home to foreclosure when you are already going through some very difficult times. Avoid this by applying for either a loan modification or a mortgage refinancing.

These two options can be quite handy for any homeowner who is really struggling. To receive either of these options you’ll need to go through various application processes before you will be approved. These applications can take a lot of time so make sure you are prepared to still make the necessary payments instead of waiting to be approved.

Modifying home loans can be a lengthy process and a dreaded one for some. When you are going through the process of receiving some necessary modifications to your home loan make sure that you don’t sit back and wait as you could find yourself even worse in debt and denied any assistance and changes to your home loan. Every homeowner deserves the chance to get the needed assistance, but the only way you can get the help is if you apply. You can apply to several difference options including mortgage refinancing or loan modifications, but both of these are different in their own ways to ensure you pick the right option for you and your financial abilities.

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What is the best way to restructure a mortgage?

August 30th, 2010 by Bank Loan | 3 Comments | Filed in News

Question by 3Diamonds: What is the best way to restructure a mortgage?
I am helping my dad restructure 2 mortgages which are both 2-3 mo’s late. What is the best way to do this? He tried himself in the past, but feels now that he is late, it is best to let a professional handle and negotiate for him. However, the co’s all seem to charge fees upfront. He seems to think this is OK, however i am cautious. Does anyone know of a good site or co? Should we call a mortgage broker? Thanks for any advice.

Best answer:

Answer by Mike
Try again to DIY before calling a co. to do it for you.

Call the mortgage companies directly, explain your situation and let them provide some alternatives. If at all possible, speak to the same person at the mortgage company everytime.

If both mortgages are with the same bank, it’ll be easier to work out something.

As screwy as it sounds, now that he’s late, he has a better chance at modifying his notes than if he was on time.

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