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A Mortgage Broker

Questions To Ask A Mortgage Broker

  1. What are you going to do to close my loan before the house goes to Foreclosure on the court house steps?

  2. What commitments will you give to me in writing?

  3. What interest rate will you be getting for me?

  4. How many points are you charging me to get this loan?

  5. Will my monthly payments be more than what they are now?

  6. How much are the closing costs?

  7. Who pays the closing costs?

  8. Is this going to be a fixed loan or will my payments be increasing significantly at any time?

  9. If there is going to be an increase, exactly how much will the payments be?

Our Experience has seen...

Mortgage Brokers,

like Realtors

live for "COMMISSIONS".

 

Motgage Brokers don't make the final decision

for any Mortgage Company,

they will give you a

'best guess'

after reviewing your individual situation.

 

Just because somebody signed a purchase contract

on your house,

does not neccessarily mean

that the sale will go through.

 

NOBODY can promise you a closing

(unless the buyer is paying "CASH"),

many times the purchase price

and the Mortgage Company's appraisal

will not be equal

and if the appraisal is lower than the selling price,

the Mortgage Company will not fund the deal.  

 

Many times we have heard from consumers

that from the very first day

the Mortgage Broker told them

that the deal was 95% done...

then a few days before closing,

he will state you are 95 % done.

 

So what changed in all this time?

 

NOTHING!

 

The fact is,

the Mortgage Broker is not in control,

the Mortgage Company is,

and the opinion of the Mortgage Broker

is only as good as his relationship

and experience with the Mortgage Company.  

 

There are 'GOOD' Mortgage Brokers out there...

but they are not everywhere! 

 

Be Careful who you deal with! 

 

You may only have time for one chance at the sale 

 

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