All articles tagged: “Mortgages”

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Guide

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How Do Credit Scores Affect Mortgage Interest Rates?

How Do Credit Scores Affect Mortgage Rates?

The world of mortgage interest rates has been on quite the roller coaster over the last few years. Mortgage interest rates for garden-variety... read more »

John Ulzheimer

By: John Ulzheimer • 3/14/24

Blog

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Innovative Mortgage Products from Evergreen Home Loans Help Buyers Purchase the Homes They Desire

Evergreen Home Loans Helps Buyers Purchase the Homes They Desire

Purchasing a home is a tried-and-true strategy for increasing net worth and ultimately creating wealth families can pass on. But... read more »

Mike Senecal

By: Mike Senecal • 2/2/24

Guide

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Does Rocket Mortgage Work With Bad Credit? (Feb. 2024)

Does Rocket Mortgage Work With Bad Credit?

If you are searching for a new house but have lousy credit, you aren’t alone. Rocket Mortgage may be a solution. It is America’s largest direct... read more »

Eric Bank

By: Eric Bank • 12/18/23

Guide

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17 min read

9 Best Bad Credit Mortgage Lenders (Feb. 2024)

9 Best Bad Credit Mortgage Lenders

When mortgage rates are high, and your credit score is low, buying a home requires all the help you can get. Mortgage lenders understand that... read more »

Eric Bank

By: Eric Bank • 10/9/23

Guide

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9 min read

7 Best Post-Bankruptcy Home Loans (Feb. 2024)

7 Best Post-Bankruptcy Home Loans

Bankruptcy isn’t the end of the world — it’s a new beginning. If you choose to use it constructively, it marks the start of your journey back to... read more »

Eric Bank

By: Eric Bank • 8/21/23

Guide

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11 min read

11 Low-Income Home Loans For Bad Credit (Feb. 2024)

11 Low-Income Home Loans for Bad Credit

It’s a cliché for a reason: Buying a home truly makes you feel like you’ve fulfilled the American dream. But if you have a low income and bad... read more »

Zina Kumok

By: Zina Kumok • 8/8/23

Guide

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13 min read

11 First-Time Home Loans For Bad Credit (Feb. 2024)

11 First-Time Home Loans For Bad Credit

It would be downright un-American to let bad credit come between you and your first home. It’s therefore our patriotic duty to show you where you... read more »

Eric Bank

By: Eric Bank • 8/1/23

Blog

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5 min read

EarnUp Continues to Help Borrowers Pay Off Loans More Efficiently Through Automatic Payments

EarnUp Enhances Loan Payment Efficiency for Borrowers

Many American homeowners may feel saddled with interest that compounds over years and decades, costing them far more than the... read more »

Jon McDonald

By: Jon McDonald • 7/7/23

Guide

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7 min read

5 Best Home Equity Loans For 500-600 Credit Scores (March 2024)

Best Home Equity Loans For 500-600 Credit Scores

Home equity loans are a popular lending option that can help you pay for home repairs, pay off debt, or cover other important expenses. In the... read more »

Choncé Maddox

By: Choncé Maddox • 6/26/23

Guide

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9 min read

7 Tips to Buy A Home With Bad Credit (Feb. 2024)

7 Tips: Buying a Home With Bad Credit

In theory, bad credit shouldn’t impede your access to a mortgage since your home will collateralize the loan. In practice, things aren’t so... read more »

Eric Bank

By: Eric Bank • 6/22/23

Blog

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5 min read

American Financing Helps First-Time Homebuyers Work On Their Credit Scores and Secure Home Loans

American Financing Supports First-Time Homebuyers

American Financing is one of the most supportive mortgage lenders in the industry for first-time homebuyers. Its consultants... read more »

Jon McDonald

By: Jon McDonald • 5/30/23

Guide

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7 min read

6 Best Home Loans After Foreclosure (Feb. 2024)

Getting a Home Loan After Foreclosure

Handing your house keys to the mortgage lender after foreclosure must be one of life’s saddest experiences. You may feel you’ll never again enjoy... read more »

Eric Bank

By: Eric Bank • 5/2/23

Blog

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Freedom Mortgage: Responsive Service and Vast Lending Options Help Homebuyers Achieve Goals

Freedom Mortgage: Service and Options Helps Homebuyers Achieve Goals

Freedom Mortgage aims to help more borrowers purchase their first homes. One of the team’s priorities is to educate individuals... read more »

Jon McDonald

By: Jon McDonald • 3/28/23

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Mr. Cooper Offers Mortgages and Guidance to Make Homebuying Easier and More Accessible

Mr. Cooper Can Make the Homebuying Process Easier and More Accessible

The most important investment most people will ever make is in owning their home. But in today’s market, purchasing a home is out... read more »

Mike Senecal

By: Mike Senecal • 3/14/23

Guide

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How FICO 10T Will Impact Subprime Mortgage Lending

How FICO 10T Will Impact Subprime Mortgage Lending

In January 2020, FICO, the company that invented credit scoring and my former employer, announced the latest generation of its ubiquitous credit... read more »

John Ulzheimer

By: John Ulzheimer • 1/2/23

Guide

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9 min read

9 Home Lenders For Bad Credit (Feb. 2024)

9 Home Lenders For Bad Credit Borrowers

If you’ve experienced shabby treatment from a bank when you applied for a mortgage, expect a different attitude from these home lenders for bad... read more »

Eric Bank

By: Eric Bank • 11/17/22

Guide

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9 min read

How to Get a Home Equity Line of Credit With Bad Credit

7 Steps: How to Get a HELOC With Bad Credit

When your credit score needs to look up to see 600, you probably have trouble obtaining a reasonable interest rate on a loan (or even getting a... read more »

Eric Bank

By: Eric Bank • 11/7/22

Blog

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CalHFA Helps First-Time Homebuyers Purchase Homes with Down Payment Assistance and Forgivable Loans

CalHFA Funding Helps Californians Buy Their First Homes

The California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA) aims to help make buying a starter home more affordable. The agency can provide up... read more »

Brandon Rossman

By: Brandon Rossman • 10/26/22

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Sonoma County Mortgages and New American Funding Differentiate by Offering Transparent Advice

Sonoma County Mortgages Offers Transparent Lending Advice

Scott Sheldon founded Sonoma County Mortgages more than a decade ago to help would-be homebuyers understand the ins and outs of... read more »

Jon McDonald

By: Jon McDonald • 10/17/22

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Sammamish Mortgage Takes an Educational Approach to Helping Homebuyers Qualify for Right-Size Loans

Sammamish Mortgage Takes an Educational Approach to Lending

Sammamish Mortgage is an online lender that helps clients select and apply for the right mortgages. Some of the company’s most... read more »

Jon McDonald

By: Jon McDonald • 10/14/22

Blog

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Opendoor’s New Financing App Streamlines the Home Buying Process

Opendoor’s New Financing App Streamlines Home Buying

The Opendoor mortgage team’s financing app puts the power to buy a home in the palm of consumers’ hand by enabling them to... read more »

Brandon Rossman

By: Brandon Rossman • 8/31/22

Guide

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7 Bad Credit Loans to Buy a House (Feb. 2024)

7 Bad Credit Loans to Buy a House

The demand for bad credit loans to buy a house endures because the American dream of home ownership runs deep and wide, regardless of FICO score.... read more »

Eric Bank

By: Eric Bank • 8/3/22

Guide

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5 min read

Can You Get a Home Equity Loan With Bad Credit? (Feb. 2024)

Can You Get a Home Equity Loan With Bad Credit?

As a homeowner with enough equity built up in your home, you can borrow against the portion of the home you own. Home equity loans allow you to... read more »

Erica Sandberg

By: Erica Sandberg • 11/22/21

Guide

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4 Subprime Home Equity Loans (Feb. 2024)

4 Options For Subprime Home Equity Loans

Subprime home equity loans are available to homeowners who happen to have bad credit. We’ve reviewed and ranked four lenders that specialize in... read more »

Eric Bank

By: Eric Bank • 8/26/21

Guide

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7 Tips For Securing a Mortgage With Bad Credit (Feb. 2024)

10 Tips: Securing a Mortgage With Bad Credit

If your credit is bad but you want to become a homeowner with the help of a loan, don’t abandon your dream. Credit scores range from 300 to 850,... read more »

Erica Sandberg

By: Erica Sandberg • 8/2/21