Friday, 5 August 2011

Get Prequalified - Your First Step In The Home Buying Process

By Malcolm Firth


You continually hear the industry experts telling the home buyers to get prequalified before they start looking for a house. However, you do not always hear about why they should get prequalified. Well, we're going to tell you.

First, the preapproval or qualification process is very simple. A loan provider is going to have you complete a loan application. The application will include all of the standard background and financial info. They will also have a look at your credit. And they will likewise take into account your present employment and employment history. Based on all of these variables, and perhaps a couple of more, they are able to get a really good idea of the size of mortgage for which you will qualify.

You're going to help save an enormous amount of your time by getting prequalified. You'll be able to focus your searches on homes that are inside your price range - the price range that you are prequalified. For example, your realtor can do searches according to price range.

When you get prequalified, they can add this key criteria to their list of features for which to search. This will decrease the number of homes for your consideration and get you focused.

By getting much more focused, you will have the ability to invest more of your time going over the details of the homes that are in your price range. You are able to spend your time worrying about whether or not your furniture will fit within the house, or whether the storage is big enough on each home, or how far the stores are from each home. You get the idea. Unfortunately, whenever you aren't prequalified, you'll be looking at way too many houses and not have the ability to spend enough time looking at them in detail.

Also, consider the frustration you'll feel in the event you do not get prequalified and then try to purchase a home, only to find out you cannot qualify. Prevent this hassle and heartbreak.

Another reason to get prequalified is to increase your negotiating power. Very few sellers want to deal with prospective buyers who're not prequalified. Why should they take an offer from a home buyer when the buyer does not even know if they can get a loan on it? Would you, if you were the seller? Of course not.

Lastly, when you get prequalified, you'll have a quicker closing time period. You'll take care of a great deal of the loan issues up front, and not have to be concerned about them after you get an offer accepted.

So before you begin looking for a house, talk to a lender and get prequalified. It'll save you a lot of money and time. Our expert Realtors can suggest some expert lenders to you.




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