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...
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...
With a highly competitive seller’s market, it can be a little more challenging for first-time homebuyers to enter the housing market. To help a first-time home buyer secure a mortgage loan, the mortgage giant Fannie Mae will now allow lenders to consider rent payments...
The thought of paying off your mortgage early is an exciting one as you will no longer have to pay interest on your home. But both the pros and cons of paying off your mortgage early should be considered before you actually do so if you have the means. In some cases...
As home prices increase it is not uncommon for homebuyers to purchase a home with another party. But how many names can you have on a single mortgage? The answer to this question is that there is no actual legal limit as to how many names can be on one single home...