When it comes to financing or re-financing a home, families with stay-at-home moms may have difficulty based on the fact that one spouse has little or no visible income.
This leads some financiers to try and swing loans or re-finances that are easier to approve initially, but may be detrimental to the homebuyer in the long [...]
Owner Builder construction is a great way to build instant equity into your new home by eliminating the costs of a general contractor. In fact, cutting the overhead of a licensed general contractor can save an owner builder anywhere from ten to thirty percent on construction costs. That’s tens of thousands of dollars in instant [...]
The loan process you follow when searching for a construction loan has some similarities to that of obtaining a regular mortgage. You will still be judged on your income, credit, savings and monthly debts just like a regular mortgage.
However, with a construction to permanent loan, there are a few additional factors that lenders consider. Since [...]