Buying your first home can be a very exciting experience. It can also be a frustrating one if you don’t have all the information necessary to make the journey a smooth one.
Unless you’re paying cash, you will be asking a mortgage company or bank to lend you a lot of money. It should be pretty obvious that the lender wants to make sure you will repay them so they are going to carefully examine your current financial situation to determine if you can and will pay them back.
The four area lender reviews are:
Credit History
Asset
Income
Reserves
In part two, we are going discuss the Asset or the property you will be buying. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘help for first time homebuyers’
Temecula Real Estate – Do you know what your lender looks for in a loan application – Part 2
Sunday, June 27th, 2010Temecula First Time Home Buyers – beware of the sneaky credit card tricks!
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010The CARD Act, scheduled to go into effect on February 22 could have a significant impact on first time home buyers in Temecula, Murrieta and other parts of Southwest Riverside and San Diego County.
Maintaining your credit score is critical if you are a first time homebuyer and slight changes by your credit card company could affect your credit score even if you always pay on time OR in some cases if you don’t even use the card.
10 Credit Myths that can affect your credit score
The banks in an attempt to get around the requirements of the CARD Act have come up with some sneaky ways to evade the restrictions of the new law. (more…)
10 Credit Myths that can hurt First Time Home Buyers
Friday, February 12th, 2010Maintaining your credit FICO score is a very important step for first time home buyers in Temecula, Murrieta and other parts of Southwest Riverside and San Diego County.
If you’re a first time home buyer chances are you’ve had advice from everyone including your brother-in-law, your gardener, even your hair stylist (barber) has an opinion on first time home buyers and their credit scores. (more…)

