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If you\ve ever been through the home buying process before, you know that the Good Faith Estimate is one of the most important documents you will review to make a decision about your home financing. Oftentimes, you may request this document from multiple lenders and get completely different looking paperwork and figures. But in essence, there are only a few key factors you should focus on when comparing these documents.
When I explain escrow or prepaid items to my customers, I always liken it as to setting up a kitty. You know, like in poker. A place where your money sits until it's decided where it should be paid. And if you've ever played poker, you keep adding to the kitty, till it gets passed out; then another kitty is created, and so on and so forth, until someone is broke or mad. Escrow for a mortgage is a very similar situation except hopefully we avoid the mad or broke part (particularly the broke part
I saw a cartoon the other day that was pretty funny, but also pretty sad when you think about it. It showed a couple sitting across from a mortgage lender, and the caption read,
When a mortgage underwriter reviews customers\ credit profiles and income histories, what\s happened in the past two years holds a lot of weight as to what their future will be. And what the future may hold for them doesn\t always count for much at all. At least when assessing risk in mortgage lending.
Mortgage lenders have an obligation to give you a good faith estimate of the closing costs that will be due when the time comes. This estimate is required thanks to the federal Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act. A good faith estimate can also be called a GFE and this document needs to be given to you after no more than three days after you have applied for the loan. This document does not necessarily have to be in your hands after three days but it does have to have been mailed in that time.
You know what a mortgage is, how it works, and what to watch out for. But when you go asking for mortgage assistance, your lender's words make about as much sense as alien banter. That's what makes the Loan Modification process so confusing for many homeowners