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Use this checklist as a tool to help facilitate this process. It outlines the recommended steps to take, but be sure to check with your approved lender to see whether any additional steps are required.

We suggest you print this worksheet, then check each box next to the items you've completed.

Step 1: Work with your lender to provide financing for your home purchase. You can:
  Get pre-qualified
 

Get pre-approved

Step 2: Select a home
Step 3: Get a ratified sales contract on a home
Step 4: Select the type of mortgage you want
Step 5: Select a lender

Step 6: Apply for a mortgage

 

Complete loan application

  Participate in a loan interview. You can do so either over the telephone, online, or in-person
  Review the Loan Interview Materials checklist
  Within 3 days of loan application, receive good faith estimate
  Receive Truth in Lending Disclosure
 

Loan submitted for final review

Step 7: Closing
  Closing agent reviews whether conditions of loan are met
  Make final inspection (walk-through) of home
  Closing agent sets closing meeting
  Sign documents
  Documents recorded

Loan Interview Materials Checklist

The following checklist will facilitate your mortgage loan interview. The checklist includes most of the information that you and any co-borrower will need to supply. However, some lenders have slightly different requirements, so you may want to contact your lender before the interview to ensure you bring the correct types of information.

In preparation for your loan interview, review the information below. We suggest you print this worksheet, then check each box after you've gathered the required data.

Social Security Number/Date of Birth

Paycheck
Most recent pay stub that shows year-to-date earnings.

W-2 Tax Forms
Original copies sent to you by the Internal Revenue Service for the past two years.

Employer Information
Names, addresses, and telephone numbers of employers for the past two years

Account Information
Account numbers and current balances of checking, savings, and any other accounts.

Current Assets
Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs), CDs, stocks, bonds, etc.

Personal Property
Value of property that can include life insurance, retirement accounts, cars, etc.

Liabilities
Auto loans, student loans, credit cards, and other installment debt provide name and address of each creditor and the monthly payment and total amount due.

Current and Previous Addresses
If you own a home: Bring the property address, current market value, mortgage lender name, account number, current monthly mortgage payment, and outstanding mortgage balance.

If you're renting: Bring the property address, name and address of the landlord, current monthly rent, and previous address/landlords if you've lived in your current address for less than two years.

Agreement to Purchase
A signed copy and any amendments, a copy of the listing form for the property, the legal description of the property, and receipts for or down payment deposits.


There may be some special situations that require you to supply additional information. These include:

If you are self-employed or work on a commissioned basis, you should bring your federal tax forms for the past two years and a current year-to-date profit and loss statement.

If you are separated or divorced, you should bring a copy of your divorce decree and separation agreement. Also bring documentation on alimony or child support payments you are required to make or you receive as income. Proof of this income can be the clerk of court's history of payments or canceled checks for the past year.

If you include pension, disability, Social Security, or other public assistance as part of your income, you'll need to bring a copy of an award certificate or a check from the issuing agency.

If you have a bankruptcy, foreclosure, or any judgments against you over the past seven years, you'll need to bring relevant information about the proceedings. Such information includes a copy of the bankruptcy discharge and schedule of both debts and assets. An attorney's letter that discusses the outcome of the proceedings should be included if there are judgments against you.

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Mortgage News and Commentary from Craig Koehm

Craig Koehm
Vice President of Mortgage

Lending mortgageNatale Team Las Vegas Real Estate rates began the New Year stabilizing after a slow four-week upward climb. The U.S> Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday that December's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 10%. Market participants are tracking employment as a rebound in jobs is seen as essential in any sustained recovery.

Despite the 85,000 jobs lost last month. November's employment numbers were revised to show a net gain of 4,000 jobs. November was the first month of job growth in two years. Other economic indicators also pointed to an economy that is beginning to gain some footing. The ISM Manufacturing Index rose to 55.9% from the 53.6% recorded in November. Additionally, factory orders increased 1.1% to 365.30 billion.

This week contains plenty of data that could push mortgage rates either way. The government's current program of buying mortgage-backed securities is set to expire in March, but there is talk that it may be extended and slowly phased out over the course of 2010 which would protend well for mortgage rates in the near and intemediate term. With private mortgage buyers still on shaky ground, this is welcome news if it comes to fruition. Other economic releases, such as Industrial Production data and the Consumer Price Index both released on Wednesday, could affect fixed income markets this week as well.

 

 

 

 

Mortgage Report - Natale Team

 



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Posted on January 11, 2010 16:54:57 by Michelle Natale