Who are lenders that can give small mortgage loans, about $55K for a townhome?
I’ve gone online and all the places I visited, Lending Tree, Bankrate, E-loans, all said they don’t offer loans under 0K. I want to shop around for a good rate but it seems my options are limited.
Home price is K. Down will be K-K. So loan will be about K
Also, I see rates have gone up. Might they go back down in a month or two?
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as you already know the larger companies have put low limits on loans there are still comapanies doing smaller loans. considering the very large downpayment i cant see why you are having such a problem finding a lender. DLP has sources for this type of loan
I got my loan through Countrywide for $60,000… But things are tightening up all the time… Have you tried your local bank? With that much down, I’d JUMP on the loan if I was in finance!
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Good luck!
Here is the dillema you face. AMost mortgage lenders are paid on volume and you loan amount is small. Plus the lender no matter what type has to do the same amount of work but will make less than 50% of what there normal revenue is. That is why many lenders have loan limits.
What you will want to do is contact your local banks and any credit unions that you may belong to. Banks get CRA credits so they have benefit a direct lender doesn’t working with smaller loan amounts and less afluent clients. So your options are not limited you are just looking in the wrong spot.
As for rates never play the game of trying to guess where they are going if you are happy with the payment lock it in.
All banks will loan $55k. The problem is that you are shopping on the internet with Lending Tree, Bankrate and E-loans. They charge the mortgage companies/banks a fee to be there. It is significant. Therefore, they need larger loans to offset those costs. I am a mortgage broker and every bank that I work with will loan $55k….including Countrywide as a prior post mentioned.
The industry is competitive enough that you dont need to get a rate from one of those online companies. They asked me to be part of that network but it costs so much that I would have to charge the borrower a fee or give a higher rate just so that I could make a few dollars.
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Make sure to price out your loan with your LOCAL banks and mortgage brokers only.
A lot people giving advice on here are also looking to give you a loan (it’s not advice, its advertising), if they are not local to you and you can’t get to them within 1 hour don’t fall for it. They say they are licensed in all 50 states, what does that mean? Which state do you have to look in first if something goes wrong? KEEP IT LOCAL; DON’T GET RIPPED-OFF BY SOMEONE IN WHO KNOWS WHERE WHICH YOU WOULD HAVE NO DIRECT ACCESS TO.
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"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it, not even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense." You are the only "expert" you can trust: All brokers, and every other loan officer guru giving advice here with a .com or contact me at the end is "selling" you something (it’s not advice, its advertising). Don’t buy "it."
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1. When asking for a Good Faith Estimate(GFE), tell each mortgage originator (lender) what interest rate to use so you can compare apples to apples (rate affects closing costs). This is probably a different thought process for you because you always shop interest rates on a mortgage right? Remember all mortgage originators have identical wholesale interest rates. If you shop the same interest rate among mortgage originators, it levels the playing field and discloses what they want to charge you for their time to originate and close your mortgage. It is similar to shopping for a car. Why does the exact same new car vary in cost from one dealership to the next? Some dealers want to make more profit than others.
2. Secure Good Faith Estimates from various mortgage originators within a 4 hour time frame (rate and pricing can change daily and even multiple times in one day).
3. Do not compare the prepaids, reserves, escrow, title charges, and government recording sections of the estimates; third part fees are not controlled by the mortgage originator.
4. Ask each mortgage originator to base the interest rate on a 30 day lock unless you need longer.
5. If the loan allows you to waive escrow (paying taxes & insurance yourself), let the mortgage originators know because this will affect closing costs.
6. If refinancing, let the mortgage originators know if you are pulling cash out. A cash-out refinance usually increases closing costs.
Your Biggest Challenge
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