If you’ve never applied for a mortgage before, or if you have and had a bad experience, then it’s important to review the process… and even what you might call the pre-process. Where do you start?
The first thing you need to know is to not go to a bank. A lot of people assume that their friendly neighborhood bank is the best place to start. And we’re not saying that they aren’t nice people there. But here’s what you have to know: banks are there to offer you one mortgage product—theirs. You can’t blame them, but what it does is essentially narrow down your options to one. Either it works or it doesn’t. Either it offers you the best deal for your financial situation or it doesn’t. But you have one option only.
Our tagline says it all: “banks say no, we say yes!” You will have more options, and better options, when you work with a professional who spends all their time working in the mortgage field and can access the mortgage product that’s just right for you.
At Avrus Financial and Mortgage, we’ve been working to help people finance the home of their dreams in California, Florida, and Georgia for decades. We know how to find the best mortgages for your specific financial background and situation.
So the first rule in pre-process planning is for you to always use a mortgage advisor or broker. Your mortgage professional knows more about the market than you do, and they may suggest a better way to meet your goals than what you’d originally expected. Listen to them: this is what they do!
Give your application process enough time to play itself out smoothly (thereby causing you and a minimum of stress!). Last-minute applications aren’t good for anybody—and they may not bring the results you want.
Don’t just look at the interest when your professional gives you a mortgage rate quote. The term of your mortgage and the total costs are just as important.
Don’t pay any upfront fees other than your credit report fee and the appraisal fee for the property you wish to buy. There should be no “application fees.”
Don’t pay any non-refundable deposits.
Don’t give your business to a mortgage consultant who is not willing to explain every step of your mortgage approval application process. You need to work with someone who cares enough about you to educate you. That’s why at Avrus Financial and Mortgage, we know that transparency in the process is gives our customers the best possible service with the least amount of stress. We help new and refinancing homeowners find the right product and we educate them as we go, so that everything is clear and comprehensible. We must be doing something right: our customers come back to us again and again when buying a different property or refinancing the one they already own! That’s because we’ve earned their trust: and we can earn yours, too.
Why not ask us how… today?
