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What’s an Approved Down Payment?

Approved Down Payment. Who Gets to Decide? Had an unusual question from a Texas Real Estate Agent recently. We provided a mortgage pre-qualification form using the document required in the Texas Administrative Code, Title 7: Banking and Securities, Part 4,…

How to Quickly Calculate Your Debt to Income Ratio (DTI)

FHA loans can go higher than 50% VA loans don’t have a defined maximum DTI Total ratios of up to 50% can be acceptable for conforming loans

First-Time Home Buyer Loan in Texas or Florida

Common benefits are: 1) Low Minimum Down Payment Options 2) More Flexibility for using Family Gifts to assist with closing costs 3) Ability to finance home renovations as part of your mortgage 4) Lower Mortgage Insurance costs for select conforming loan programs

Improve your FICO scores and get Better Mortgage Rates

Your FICO credit score is a 3-digit score ranging from 300 to 850. There are at least 16 different types of FICO scores. FICO 8 and FICO 9 are currently the most common for credit card and auto loans.  FICO 5, FICO 4, and FICO 2 are the most common for mortgage loans.
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