by mylenderjackie | Jan 19, 2022 | Blog
How Many Mortgage Lenders Should You Apply To? It is not uncommon to hear that you should shop around when applying for a mortgage. But what is often not advised is just how many different mortgage options you should look at or how exactly you should carry out your...
by mylenderjackie | Jan 10, 2022 | Loan Approvals
Federal Reserve Actions Could Make Getting Mortgages Easier – Rates have been slowly climbing in response to the federal reserve stance on inflation but homebuyers shouldn’t worry about having trouble qualifying for a mortgage loan in the months to come....
by mylenderjackie | Jan 3, 2022 | Loan Approvals
Will Larger Conforming Loan Limits Bring a Housing Crisis? Home prices have been on the rise in a very quick manner for some time now and they do not appear to be hugely slowing down. A large reason for the increase in home prices is low mortgage rates that have...
by mylenderjackie | Dec 18, 2021 | Loan Programs, Homeownership
Recently five US senators introduced a bill that could help families with modest means build wealth through homeownership. This new proposal is called the LIFT Act, or Low-Income First-Time Homebuyers Act, and is currently only a bill. This new bill is hoped to...
by mylenderjackie | Dec 13, 2021 | Homeownership
Shortly after the pandemic began, the government put into place protections that required mortgage lenders to offer mortgage forbearance programs for homeowners that saw themselves struggling to make ends meet while things were shut down. These Covid relief...
by mylenderjackie | Dec 6, 2021 | Blog
For many years the federal entities of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would back mortgages and purchase them from lenders within certain rules. Traditionally Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac set a limit on how much a mortgage lender can lend out for them to guarantee and back a...
by mylenderjackie | Nov 30, 2021 | Loan Programs
It is not uncommon for every mortgage loan applicant to be asked to provide at least one bank statement when trying to seek approval for a home purchase. Here are some frequently asked questions that loan applicants have about bank statements when it comes to a...
by mylenderjackie | Nov 23, 2021 | Loan Programs
Some lenders are offering what seems to be a great relief to those hoping to purchase or refinance a home above California’s $548,250 conventional mortgage loan limit. This is well ahead of the expected credit limit hikes to take place this month. Some motivated...
by mylenderjackie | Nov 15, 2021 | Loan Documents
When applying for a mortgage loan, most lenders will ask you to supply at least one or two months of bank statements to get a better picture of your financial stability and responsibility. If you are applying for a bank statement loan, you could be asked for about one...
by mylenderjackie | Nov 8, 2021 | Loan Approvals
Reasons Mortgages Get Held Up in Underwriting – An underwriter for a mortgage, in a sense, has the job of playing the “bad cop” role in approval. They are tasked with looking over all of the details with a fine-tooth comb. They look over every detail of a...