“DON’T KEEP UP WITH THE JONES’S, THEY MIGHT BE BROKE!” Unless you can comfortably afford it, do not buy a home in a certain neighborhood because someone you know or a family member lives in that subdivision.  Stick to your personal budget and comfort level with your mortgage payment and household expenses.

REMEMBER, there is NO mortgage rate better than a controlled loan amount.  Under borrow what you can afford.  Be conservative.  The key is to have an affordable mortgage payment, something that you can comfortably live with.

Having great credit and down payment will definitely open up more doors for the best rates, terms, and available mortgage products for a home buyer.  In order to better your position before you make the decision to purchase a home, go to the contact us page so that I may help you achieve your new home.

When writing a deposit check (EMD earnest money deposit) on a house that you want to purchase, make sure that the account that the check is written from is free of the following items.

1. NO NSF fees should be visible on the bank statement or in the year to date NSF fees column. If you have incurred some NSF fees with your checking account, then, three months prior to a home purchase, open a new checking account and keep the new account clear from overdrafts.

2. Outside of normal payroll deposits, retirement income, social security income, etc. Do not make miscellaneous deposits into the checking account. Miscellaneous deposits throw up a flag in loan underwriting.