When you apply for a mortgage, underwriters will comb through your finances to determine if you’re a good candidate for a loan. This includes verifying… Read More »What Is Verification of Employment for a Mortgage? Proving Your Job History
Despite closing a higher number of mortgage loans last year, Quicken Loans was unable to wrestle the coveted top spot away from Wells Fargo, per… Read More »Wells Fargo the Top Mortgage Lender in 2017, Quicken Tops for Number of Loans
Today let’s talk about PrimeLending, a PlainsCapital Company, which is a top-10 mortgage lender that does business in all 50 states. Perhaps their biggest claim… Read More »PrimeLending Mortgage Review: Committed to Customer Satisfaction
If you already own some real estate, perhaps a house or a condo, and are looking to move on, you might ask yourself if it’s… Read More »Sell Your House or Rent It Out? The Pros and Cons
In a perfect world, you could tap into your home equity and lower your mortgage interest rate at the same time. But because interest rates… Read More »How to Get Cash Out of Your Home in a Rising Rate Environment
Are you sick and tired of your Redfin Estimate or Zillow Zestimate being too low? Do you feel your property is worth much, much more… Read More »Redfin Launches the Owner Estimate to Give Homeowners Control
Everyone wants to be #1 these days. I guess that’s no different than any other days, but the battle to be on top is growing… Read More »The Largest Nonbank Home Purchase Lender in the Nation Is a Wholesaler
Following the recent trend of real estate and mortgage link-ups, Quicken Loans has launched “Rocket Homes” to fill in the real estate gap and simultaneously… Read More »Quicken Launches Rocket Homes to Compete with Zillow and Redfin
If you’re a prospective home buyer, life isn’t fun right now. The real estate market remains red hot (despite those headlines about it cooling) and… Read More »5 Things Home Buyers Are Doing If They Haven’t Found a Property After 3 Months
In what seemed like a pretty inevitable move, Zillow has gotten into the mortgage originating business via its acquisition of Mortgage Lenders of America, which… Read More »Zillow Enters the Mortgage Originating Business
