Alternative mortgage lenders include online lenders and non-bank lenders. They’re shifting the real estate marketplace and making it much simpler and easier for consumers to get a mortgage. So what should you know?
There are three mai...
Ever wonder how mortgage lenders set interest rates for their loan programs each and every business day? Wonder why some lenders quote the exact same rate for the exact same program? Maybe why one lender is lower than others? Here’s some...
When Nicholas Dahl, 36, called Chase Bank to find out about his options for mortgage forbearance at the end of March, an automated voice informed him the wait time would be 43 hours and 45 minutes. Dahl, who runs his family's art tran...
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Between low mortgage interest rates and the coronavirus pandemic sending our economy in a tailspin, many people have recently rushed to refinance their mortgages. But as we all know, haste makes ...
The Most Expensive Mistakes a Home Buyer Can Make
A home is the single largest purchase most people ever make, but if you’re a newbie to real estate transactions, it can also be one of the most confusing. With so much money on the tab...
Sure, she was a teenager making less than $33,000. But that wasn’t enough to keep her from her dream of homeownership.
Name: Marta Aviles
City: Aurora, a suburb of Denver, Colorado
Occupation: ...
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The risky mortgage is making a comeback.
More than a decade after home loans triggered the worst financial crisis in a generation, the strict lending requirements put in place during its aftermath ...
Are you just starting the home buying process and want to learn how you can get a mortgage? We partnered with Max Koziol of Chase Home Lending to help explain how the process works. Once you know the basics you will be more prepared to b...
Understand the basics of a mortgage by watching this realtor.com® video. Learn more about payments, interest, taxes, collateral, and insurance. This series will help you better understand different mortgages, the lending process, and di...
Are you looking to buy a house in the near future but don't have much for a downpayment? We partnered with Max Koziol of Chase Home Lending to walk us through a few options and ways you can go about buying a house with little to no money down...