Most people who want to buy a home can't afford one outright. That's why mortgages were invented. But in today's real estate market, there's one essential step it pays to take before embarking on a ...

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A mortgage pre-approval means a loan officer will examine your finances, including your assets, income, debts and even credit history, to work out how much money you can borrow, what loans you could ...

When it comes to real estate, the best outcomes rarely happen by chance. The buyers who succeed are usually the ones who prepare early, long before they walk into their first showing. Preparation ...

If you're in the midst of the homebuying process, you're probably familiar with pre-approval: the process of completing a mortgage application with a mortgage lender to see if you're approved for a ...

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Shopping for homes is exciting until one needs to secure financing to purchase. Even with savings, most Americans can only buy a house through a mortgage loan. In the fourth quarter of 2022, the US ...

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Sometime between now and 2.5 years from now, my wife and I would like to buy a house. We love where we live now, and would like to stay here. The problem is that it's expensive. There *are* houses ...

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