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At what point are you comitted to a particular lender? Any penalties/fees you can run into?
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Where I live you can lock in pre-approved mortgage rates for either 3 months or 4 months depending on the lender, and closing on the house purchase is usually a couple months after signing the contract for the house. Although the ability to move faster can make your offer more attractive to the seller.
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Originally posted by CFEonline View PostWhat is the time frame between placing an offer with your pre-approval letter and committing to a lender? This is, I think, where people talk about shopping rates on the "back end"
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What is the time frame between placing an offer with your pre-approval letter and committing to a lender? This is, I think, where people talk about shopping rates on the "back end"
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I used leverage rx and also emailed about 10-15 from the wci list. I probably overdid it, but am happy with the rate I got.
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I had good results with Costco and less impressive results with a mortgage broker. Then again, this is an n of 1 and the plural of anecdote is not data.
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I got the best deal with a mortgage broker because they accessed a bulk discount on top of the low rates. If you have decent credit you should be able to just get pre-approved with the lender with the best rate you can find then check later if anything has improved.
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How many lenders did you compare rates with? Looks like there's around 7-10 on the WCI for my state, some local folks I want to check with and worth getting a quote from Costco and rocket mortgage. Is that too many to apply with all of them, provided it's within 2 weeks of each other?
How how long do you have between making an offer and needing to lock in financing, to use to shop rates on the back end? I understand you can get a pre-approval from anyone in order to make an offer, and then shop around for best rates later. However, it seems like a fairly tight window. Additionally, it seems like it might be better to put all the applications out there originally so you only get dinged for 1 hard credit pull, instead of just getting a pre-approval letter and sometime in the next three months checking around for a more rates.Tags: None
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