What Is The Complete Process Of Obtaining A Loan Mortgage?
It always made me wonder how I do go about obtaining a home loan. We move several times but my husband is the one talking to people (he's better talker than me). I just sign the part where I need to. I think I will need this badly in the near future for my self only. An expert help would be greatly appreciated.
1 Answer - Sort by: Date | Rating
Home loans follow three important things as far as you are concerned. Known as the 3 c's:
Collaterall (the house): is it worth what you are trying to borrow and does it cover the risk of lending you the money if for some reason you cannot pay. To find this, the bank will request you get an appraisal of the property. Always pay for the appraisal yourself. Do not let the bank pay for it... that way if they try to change the conditions of the loan at the last minute you can step away from the table and find another lender fairly quickly.
Credit: What is your credit standing? Anything over 720 is no problem, and you can easily keep lenders in line, because there is no reason for you to be turned down as long as the other 2 c's are in line.
Home loans are still fairly painless to gain as long as your credit is above 640... and we are talking median score. In other words the middle score of your three credit reports.
The last c is Capacity, or ability to pay the loan: Have you had the same job, or at least been in the same line of work for the past 2 years? If not, then your rate may be higher. Look closely at how much debt you have (monthly payments) and add in the expected house payment with insurance and taxes taken out.
Do not include utilities or cell-phone bills, just those that show on your credit report, like car and credit cards. Then divide your bills by your gross monthly income. This is your debt to income ratio. It needs to be below 40% or 0.40 when you divide. As long as your loan amount is below 80% of what the house is listed as being worth, you credit is good and your debt to income ratio remains low.
You then have strong bargaining power for low rates.
Collaterall (the house): is it worth what you are trying to borrow and does it cover the risk of lending you the money if for some reason you cannot pay. To find this, the bank will request you get an appraisal of the property. Always pay for the appraisal yourself. Do not let the bank pay for it... that way if they try to change the conditions of the loan at the last minute you can step away from the table and find another lender fairly quickly.
Credit: What is your credit standing? Anything over 720 is no problem, and you can easily keep lenders in line, because there is no reason for you to be turned down as long as the other 2 c's are in line.
Home loans are still fairly painless to gain as long as your credit is above 640... and we are talking median score. In other words the middle score of your three credit reports.
The last c is Capacity, or ability to pay the loan: Have you had the same job, or at least been in the same line of work for the past 2 years? If not, then your rate may be higher. Look closely at how much debt you have (monthly payments) and add in the expected house payment with insurance and taxes taken out.
Do not include utilities or cell-phone bills, just those that show on your credit report, like car and credit cards. Then divide your bills by your gross monthly income. This is your debt to income ratio. It needs to be below 40% or 0.40 when you divide. As long as your loan amount is below 80% of what the house is listed as being worth, you credit is good and your debt to income ratio remains low.
You then have strong bargaining power for low rates.
0
0
Hello fontlow - a good answer but not right for me.
- What Is Underwriter?
- Who Is Underwriter?
- Can I Get Mortgage If I Get Benefits?
- How Can Found Out If My House Is In A Foreclosure?
- What Is A Semidetached House?
- If You Are Aware That A Mortgage Co. Is Stealing Your Money And Trying To Collect On Fees That Do Not Apply To You. Who Can You Contact?
- What's A House?
- What Happens To The Livivg People After A Flood?
- What Are The Rules Of Equity?
- Sorry, Posted Before I Was Finished, Anyway The New Mortgage Is In My Name With Husband As Co-signer, Signed A New Form For Deed Of Trust Showing Both Names But Everything Including Tax Documents Are Still In His Name Only. Can I Get This Changed?
- How Do I Get My Girl Friend Out Of The House If Both Names Are On The Deed But Only Mine On The Mortgage?
- Refinanced Why Is My Name Not On Deed?
- What Happens To A Reverse Mortgage If Your Home Is Destroyed By An Earthquake?
- How Does I Come In Bigboss House?
- How Do I Write A Letter Asking For Financial Help From A Company?
- What Are The Terms And Conditions Of Sale?
- How Is Mortgage Insurance Different Than Term Life?
- What Is A Deed Poll?
- Is Mortgage Insurance On FHA Loan Tax Deductible?
- If You Go Into Foreclosure, Does Pmi Cover The Debt?
- What Are Your Terms And Conditions?
- Should I Defer My Mortgage Payments?
- Can My Landlord Seize My Mobil Home When It Is Still Owned By Mortgage Company?
- If My Mobile Home Is Still Owned By The Mortgage Company Can My Landlord Seize It In An Abandonment?
- How To See My House?
- What Is The Procedure Of Obtaining A Loan?
- What Is Involved In A Grandparent Obtaining A Student Loan For A Grand Child?
- What Is A Conventional Mortgage Loan?
- How Do I Get The Co-signer Off My Mortgage Loan?
- Is There A Difference Between A Home Loan And A Mortgage?
- How Are Mortgage Loan Amounts Calculated?
- What Is The Difference Between 15 And 30 Year Mortgage Loan?

New Comment - Comments are editable for 5 min.