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If you are a young couple who plan to buy your first house in the near future, you are perhaps not sure of how the whole mortgage & finance system works. You might also not be sure whether you qualify for a mortgage. Let us provide some basic information.
If you are a young couple who plan to buy your first house in the near future, you are perhaps not sure of how the whole mortgage & finance system works. You might also not be sure whether you qualify for a mortgage. Let us provide some basic information. A mortgage is basically just a loan granted to you by your bank or another financial institution. The property which you buy is then used to secure this loan. This of course implies that if you can't keep up with the monthly repayments, the bank will eventually evict you from the property and sell it to someone else. This is of course only after they've followed a series of legal steps. The housing market is currently in quite a bad state and banks have lost a lot of money through bad home loans. You are therefore unlikely to get a 100% mortgage loan if you're a first-time buyer. This means you will have to put down a deposit. The size of this deposit will depend on a variety of things, amongst others on whether you have any investments, your monthly income as well as your credit record. The bank will send out a trained appraiser to determine the value of the property you want to buy. If he should find that you are paying more for the property than what it's worth, any bank will be very reluctant to finance you, unless you put down a substantial deposit. This is understandable: one can't expect them to provide a loan for more than the value of the property. It's very frustrating and demoralizing to spend ages finding that special house, and then the bank turns down your mortgage application. Fortunately there is a way to prevent this form happening: you can apply for pre-approval. The bank will ask you for copies of your salary slips for the past couple of months and proof of other assets you have. They will also do a credit check on you. Based on this they will grant you provisional approval for a certain amount. You can then go out and start looking for a house to buy. Of course the value of this house still has to be at least equal to the amount of the loan you want to take up. It's always a good idea to have some cash available when you buy a house. Not only can you use it to put down a deposit, but it can also come in very handy for legal and transfer costs and to make alterations or improvements at your new house. When you apply for a mortgage loan, the bank will also of course look more favorably at your application if you have a substantial amount on investment. As you will see from what has been written above, the mortgage & finance industry isn't all that complicated. A substantial savings account and a good credit record will go a long way to ensure that you're approved for a mortgage. It's all about proving that you're responsible with money. DISCLAIMER: This article is provided as information only and is not to be taken as financial advice. How would you like to get more expert advice from Lisa Udy? Learn more by reviewing Lisa's fantastic website at Smithfield UT Properties and Cache Valley UT Properties |