Ani’s Money Saving Tips 🙂
Preparing for a mortgage is an important and potentially life changing process. Preparing the right way can allow you to get your dream home. Here are a few things to keep in mind that’s will help you reach the goal of home ownership.
You’ll want to start first with your credit report. It’s usually the first things that a bank will look at when you apply for a mortgage loan. You should check your credit score to make sure it’s accurate. It’s also important to check your credit report so that you can make sure no one else has access to your credit. To increase your change of qualifying for a mortgage loan, you want to keep your debt to credit ratio down.
To help you get a better idea of which type of mortgage loan and for how much you will probably qualify for, it is important to do some research. You should research brokers, rates and loans very in depth before signing anything. Remember this is something that you will have for many many years to come. Throughout this process, you should be realistic. Being able to get a loan for the house of your dreams, but paying an interest rate thats through the roof may or maybe should cause you to reconsider.
If you get rejected from a loan, you should work on raising your credit score by working to reduce any debt you have, lowering your expenses and trying to increase your income.
It’s always ok to wait and in time move to a bigger house. If you get rejected from a loan, you should work on raising your credit score by working to reduce any debt you have, lowering your expenses and trying to increase your income. A higher down payment can help makeup for a less than great credit in some cases while also allowing you to pay less money each month.
Through your research, you should come to a decision about what type of mortgage you want. Your typical options being a fifteen year mortgage, a thirty year one, and adjustable one or fixed. A fixed mortgage allows you to lock in rates with payments that won’t increase. An adjustable mortgage is the opposite, rates could be raised or lowered based on the mortgage rate.
A final thing to consider is penalties for prepayment, which are just what they sound like, penalties for paying off your mortgages early. While for some people this may be nothing to worry about as they don’t plan on paying their mortgage off early, for some this could act as a penalty for them reaching full home ownership sooner.