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  • News.hopetribune

4/24/19

Make sure your credit rating is the best it can be before you are planning to apply for a mortgage. Lenders look very closely at your personal credit history to make sure that you are a good risk. If you have bad credit, do everything possible to fix it to give your loan the best chance to be approved.

Make sure to see if your home or property has gone down in value before seeking a new loan. The home may look the same or better to you, and you need to know if that is the case.

Try to have balances down below half of the credit limit you're working with. If you are able to, a balance of under 30 percent is preferred.

Try lowering your debt before getting a house. A home mortgage will take a chunk of your money, no matter what comes your way. Having minimal debt will make it easier to get a home mortgage loan.

Balloon mortgages are the easiest loans to get approved for. This is a shorter term loan, and the amount owed will need to be refinanced once the loan term expires. This is risky loan to get since interest rates or detrimental changes to your financial health.

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