“so the client has 3 percent equity immediately…” Quicken Loans has been fairly hush about its latest offering of a super low down payment mortgage, even as rival bank giants like Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and JPMorgan Chase all tout their new 3 percent down mortgage products. But late last year, Quicken Loans quietly […]
The Mortgage Mistake Nearly Half of Lapeer MI Borrowers Make
This story from Catey Hill, The $25,000 Mortgage Mistake Nearly Half of Borrowers Make, talks about how many people pay to much for their mortgage … Did you pay too much for your mortgage? If you’re like millions of Americans, the answer is probably yes — and that means you may be throwing tens of thousands of […]
Lenders: Don’t Shrug Off Borrowers With Low Credit Scores
That was the message from FICO to the mortgage industry in this article from RealtorMag dated 05/13/2014… Executives at FICO, the creator of a credit score widely used in the mortgage industry, say that the high credit score “cutoffs” that mortgage lenders imposed following the housing crisis are stricter than necessary, and executives urge lenders […]