What
is Loan Pre-Approval and why do I Need
One?
Getting a Pre-approval before you actually
start searching for a New Home, can
work towards serving a no. of purposes:
- Facilitates
Advanced Planning and Budgeting
- Helps
in Narrowing Down Your Search
- You
get prior knowledge of your monthly
dues, the rate of interest on your
loan, the costs required for closing,
a possible estimation of your property
taxes and hazard insurance dues
etc.
- Lends
you a more powerful and better position
in terms of negotiation
- Higher
possibility of getting the home
you prefer at the price listed below
-
It is absolutely
FREE! Get pre-approved now. (This
one should be hyperlinked to Apply
Now Form).
Pre-
approval facilitates advanced planning
and budgeting and it is done even before
the property is located. Through this
a potential buyer applies for financing
for a stated loan amount (on a property
yet to be located) with a lender of
his choice. It then becomes the lender’s
job to underwrite the application, which
is based upon a no. of factors such
as the credit profile/history, income,
employment details and assets of the
potential buyer. Once a property is
determined,, this is subjected to a
possible appraisal and other important
steps related with the documentation
process like the preliminary title report,
a purchase contract etc.
Again,
it is absolutely free (though some lenders
might charge you for preparing your
credit report).
A
pre-approval is usually valid with a
lender for about 2-3 months (for about
60-90 days).
Any
potential buyer, or his/her representative
or agent, can get a written notice of
pre-approval from the lender. The offer
of a potential buyer to purchase a property
can then be presented to a potential
seller along with this pre-approval
notice.
Pre-approval
is now seen as a serious consideration
of a potential buyer's offer because
there can be multiple offers on a single
property in the current competitive
real estate scenario and has therefore
become mandatory for these purposes.
So,
if buyers choose not to become pre -approved
by a lender, it can act as a major drawback
on their part , they actually require
their lender to do so for them.
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