Saving For Your Down Payment Archives

Should You Wait Until You Have 20% Down?

I was recently asked by a client about the potential costs of waiting until she could make a 20% down payment – since she only had enough for a 10% down payment when we spoke. Let’s take a look at

Saving For Your Down Payment

This article has some great tips to help you get started saving for your down payment. 6 months from now, you’ll wish you had started today! Other than simply saving more, the two techniques I see most often employed to

62% of buyers put less than 20% down

Among all purchase closings in February 2017, 62% of buyers put down less than 20%. There are many loan programs that do not require 20% down – and I’d be happy to review them with you. Eighty Percent of First-time

Don’t apply for any new credit until after we have closed your loan, and don’t make any unusual charges on your existing credit. Your loan is being underwritten per your current financial status.
Photographs of documents are NOT acceptable. Originals, scans and faxes are acceptable.
Bank statements must contain your name, your account number, and 30 days of complete activity. We need ALL NUMBERED PAGES of banks statements. Even if any numbered pages are blank.
Please provide your closing attorney information asap so that we can order your title work.
Please provide your homeowner’s insurance agent’s contact info asap so that we can request your insurance documentation and submit it for approval.
Once you have signed your loan application, we will send you a request to pay for your appraisal fee with a credit card.
Please directly contact your closing attorney to obtain wiring instructions for your closing funds – you MUST do this yourself for your own security. No one on my team and no one from Corporate Investors Mortgage Group, Inc. will ever send you wire instructions. If you receive an email from anyone at Corporate Investors Mortgage Group, Inc. providing you with wire instructions, do NOT wire your funds with those instructions and notify me immediately.