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Does The Home Loan Interest Rate Vary Between Online Quotes And The Real Ones ? |
- I am planning to buy a bailiwick
- i have put an offer on a house and almost 100% done deal
Now I have to look out for a home loan. I am looking at several online interest rate quotes what lenders are giving based on my facts.
Some of them are sending quotes for 4.78% 4.5% , now does these rates convert when we actually sign there application or do they have to stick with the rates what they have quoted me online ?
John Paul,
First, I expect you contacted a good, reputable loan office BEFORE putting an offer on a home. And I upon you are getting good professional guidance through the process. The home buying transform can be a thorny one if not handled properly...and the same is true of the home loan process.
There is no question that there are some illustrious deals out there...and some great rates. But you have to think of the online deals as "big tent" offerings ... while they may well bear to your particular circumstance ... they also very well may not. Every lender, online or off, has their pool of offerings ... some broader than others. Each has set criteria that must be followed in securing that loan. And not every loan is available for every borrower. Are you self employed? Do you have a good salary? Do you get hourly pay? How long have you been working for your current employer? What other fixed debts do you have? Do you pay lass support or allimony? Do you have any positive or negative offsetting factors? What are your credit scores? These things, and many other factors, colliding what type of loans you may qualify for ... and what types may not be available to you at all.
I've never been a fan of "shopping rates" for the four-square reason that they don't tell the whole story. I remember a buyer of one of my listings "got a countless deal" from a particular lender (which he happened to find online). Unruly was when he got to closing NOTHING in the loan package bore any resemblance to the loan he THOUGHT he was getting! He thought it was a rigged rate loan ... it was not. The rate he'd been quoted was not the rate he actually got. He'd never heard of "negative amortization", and his loan had it. He never gave any prospect to a "prepayment penalty" ... his loan had that, too! With a lot of work we were able to get the prepayment discipline waived (this is a BIGGIE because the penalty was over $7,000 in the event he sold his home or refinanced within the FIRST 3 YEARS of the loan!) Even though the terms were dreadful, he DID close on his purchase ... and went right out and immediately refinanced his new lodgings!
My point is that WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW can cost you big time. This is not something to "wing it" with. Talk to friends & coworkers & kinsfolk who've dealt with reliable lenders in the past and ask for recommendations. Most certainly if you are working with a trusted estate agent, ask them for recommendations as well. We deal with lenders all the time and if the agent is in the know, they have an assortment of lenders they know are professional, reliable, ethical people ... and they also cognizant of who to avoid!!!! Talk to a few recommended lenders ... have them prequalify / preapprove you, making recommendations on programs they of your financial profile best fits. As long as the rates they offer are "in spiel" with with the market in general, I wouldn't worry about getting the best "arrangement". When you're looking at just raw numbers, you don't know what is being "cut" to get to that issue. Quite often it's reliability and/or service.
By the way, my preference is to ALWAYS deal with a lender who will shephard you through the make from application to closing on your purchase. As the process moves along, you want to have a real fare person you can call to answer questions, follow up to be sure all the proper steps are being charmed, and to hold accountable if/when they're not.
Good luck! I know this is an exciting time and I count all goes well for you!
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Fed funds rate= the interest rate banks charge one another for an overnight loan. We feel it in the interest rates we pay.
