The prospect of buying a home for the first time can be a very exciting experience, however for many it can also be a very daunting one too.
Florida’s First Time Buyer Incentives
Florida has been labeled a progressive state before, when it introduced radical ‘green’ measures throughout the state, but this time its innovative idea is to offer help to first time buyers. Florida has recognized that younger people are being pushed out of the housing market, and are trying to rectify this with fairly substantial financial incentives.
Refinance & Mortgage Tips: Down Payment From 401k Or 403b Retirement Annuities
If you are purchasing a home and have a substantial portion of your assets inside of a retirement account such as a 401K, 403B or other retirement product or annuity, you may choose the increasingly popular option of tapping those funds to make a down payment on your new home. Like any other accounts you may have in your name, such as brokerage accounts and bank checking, savings and money market accounts, most popular retirement accounts qualify as assets to be counted towar…
Refinance & Mortgage Tips: Down Payment From Savings
Once youve figured out how much of a down payment you can make on your home mortgage, its time to determine how to document the source of your funds for the down payment and closing costs. Now you might be saying, Why do they care where I get the money? Lenders need to verify the source of funds to both assess the underlying risk in you as a borrower as well as to prevent loan fraud. This makes it imperative for you, the applicant, to maintain complete and detailed record…
Refinance & Mortgage Tips: Down Payment With Gift Letter
If you are a first time home buyer who has been out shopping for that dream house, youve probably already heard your real estate agent or property developers first question: How much will you be putting down? If you have excellent credit, several years of consistent income on record and a relatively long history of using credit wisely, you may qualify for 100% financing, often referred to as a No Money Down Mortgage or Zero Down Home Loan. But for the majority of new …
Mortgage Basics for New Borrowers
The dream of owning a home is something that is on just about everyone’s lifetime goal list. It’s one of the things that in some ways signals that we have made it in life and can bring great pride and a sense of accomplishment to many.