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Question by acvader: What kind of mortgage rate can a borrower expect to get with a credit score in the range of 661-669?
Professionals please answer. Any website links with more information would be appreciated.
Best answer:
Answer by just common sense
It will depend upon the lender and the type of loan (conventional, more about VA, FHA, etc.)
Your credit score is not bad for a home loan. ALWAYS shop loans. Do not waste your time doing this on the internet; you will have so many hits against your credit report that it can actually knock your score down 100 points or more!
Contact several lenders in your area, by telephone or in person, and ask to speak to a loan officer. Tell the loan officer the details of your credit score, anything negative on your credit report, what type of loan you are seeking, and ask what the current rate is for that day. Interest rates fluctuate daily. Ask them if, based on the information you’ve given them, they would be likely to approve you for a home loan. If they demand to run your credit report, tell them you are currently only shopping rates and you will contact them again when you are ready to have your credit report ran.
If several lenders run your report at the same time (NOT lenders over the internet, remember!), then your score will not drop so much as it will be obvious that you are looking to obtain a mortgage loan and you are shopping loans.
Ask each loan officer what the policy of their Company is for “locking in a rate.” If you don’t know what that term means, ask the first lender; they can better explain it. In short, most lenders offer a certain period of time once you have been approved where you can “lock in” a good interest rate. It’s a bit like gambling. Do you, for example, take today’s interest rate ~ let’s say it’s 5.75% ~ and lock that rate in or do you wait for a lower rate? It is *possible* for the rates to go down, but it is also possible for them to go up. Your loan officer should be able to best guide you on what they believe the rates will do over the next day or so.
You will also want to know how long the locked in rate is good for: is it good for a week? 10 days? 15 days? This tells you how much time you have to find the property you want, have a Contract written by a real estate professional, and make an offer.
Once you have found your lender, obtain a pre-approval letter. You want a letter to show to your Real Estate Agent that you are pre-APPROVED; **NOT** just pre-QUALIFIED. Being pre-approved is almost like having cash in hand and this makes you a more attractive purchaser to someone who is selling. Then look for the property that is perfect for you.
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Question by JohnPau2010: Does the home loan interest rate vary between online quotes and the real ones ?
– I am planning to buy a home
– i have put an offer on a house and almost 100% done deal
Now I have to look out for a home loan. I am looking at several online interest rate quotes what lenders are giving based on my facts.
Some of them are sending quotes for 4.78% 4.5% , sick now does these rates change when we actually sign there application or do they have to stick with the rates what they have quoted me online ?
Best answer:
Answer by Steve D
The rates will vary right up until the time you lock in. The rates online are not considered legally binding offers, pharm just an indication as to what the rates were at the point in time the page was updated.
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It will depend on your credit rating, those quotes are for people with good credit (over 750).
John Paul,
First, I hope you contacted a good, reputable loan office BEFORE putting an offer on a home. And I hope you are getting good professional guidance through the process. The home buying process can be a thorny one if not handled properly…and the same is true of the home loan process.
There is no question that there are some great deals out there…and some great rates. But you have to think of the online deals as “big tent” offerings … while they may well apply to your particular circumstance … they also very well may not. Every lender, online or off, has their pool of offerings … some broader than others. Each has certain criteria that must be followed in securing that loan. And not every loan is available for every borrower. Are you self employed? Do you have a regular salary? Do you get hourly pay? How long have you been working for your current employer? What other fixed debts do you have? Do you pay child support or allimony? Do you have any positive or negative offsetting factors? What are your credit scores? These things, and many other factors, impact what type of loans you may qualify for … and what types may not be available to you at all.
I’ve never been a fan of “shopping rates” for the simple reason that they don’t tell the whole story. I remember a buyer of one of my listings “got a great deal” from a particular lender (which he happened to find online). Problem was when he got to closing NOTHING in the loan package bore any resemblance to the loan he THOUGHT he was getting! He thought it was a fixed rate loan … it was not. The rate he’d been quoted was not the rate he actually got. He’d never heard of “negative amortization”, and his loan had it. He never gave any thought to a “prepayment penalty” … his loan had that, too! With a lot of work we were able to get the prepayment penalty waived (this is a BIGGIE because the penalty was over $ 7,000 in the event he sold his home or refinanced within the FIRST 3 YEARS of the loan!) Even though the terms were horrible, he DID close on his purchase … and went right out and immediately refinanced his new home!
My point is that WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW can cost you big time. This is not something to “wing it” with. Talk to friends & coworkers & family who’ve dealt with reliable lenders in the past and ask for recommendations. Most certainly if you are working with a real estate agent, ask them for recommendations as well. We deal with lenders all the time and if the agent is experienced, they have an assortment of lenders they know are professional, reliable, ethical people … and they also know who to avoid!!!! Talk to a few recommended lenders … have them prequalify / preapprove you, making recommendations on programs they think your financial profile best fits. As long as the rates they offer are “in line” with with the market in general, I wouldn’t worry about getting the best “deal”. When you’re looking at just raw numbers, you don’t know what is being “cut” to get to that number. Quite often it’s reliability and/or service.
By the way, my preference is to ALWAYS deal with a lender who will shephard you through the process from application to closing on your purchase. As the process moves along, you want to have a real live person you can call to answer questions, follow up to be sure all the proper steps are being taken, and to hold accountable if/when they’re not.
Good luck! I know this is an exciting time and I hope all goes well for you!