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$72,000 Income: How Much House Payment Can I Qualify For?

By Scott Sheldon / February 22, 2013

This it depends on all four factors of creating a mortgage, credit, debt, income and assets. Assuming you have the necessary assets for down payment and/or reserves in the bank and your credit score is considered good, let’s look at the meat and potatoes, is there enough income to offset all monthly liabilities? How the…

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How Loan To Value Affects Interest Rate

By Scott Sheldon / January 6, 2013

Many of the mortgages being made today contain higher loan to values. These loans contain inherent “risk based pricing” which causes the rates to change. What is loan to value anyway? The loan to value (LTV) is defined as the amount of money you’re borrowing against the value of your the property expressed as a…

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What exactly is a large cash deposit going into my bank account?

By Scott Sheldon / January 4, 2013

Large cash deposits have to be sourced and paper trailedwhether doing a purchase or refinance transaction. One of the things lenders are required to do is source all money used in a transaction even funds not being used for the transaction. For example if you’re making $5000 a month and you get a deposit in…

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How To Get a Sonoma County Mortgage Loan

By Scott Sheldon / October 2, 2012

If you are thinking about how to get a Sonoma County Mortgage loan please stop and make sure to read this article in its entirety. The mortgage loan process has transformed in the last few months and obtaining a Sonoma County mortgage loan is not a simple as it used to be. For illustration purposes…

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How Your Fico Score Affects Your Ability To Get A Mortgage

By Scott Sheldon / September 30, 2012

“Why can’t I get the interest rates I see advertised on the Internet.” One of the most important characteristics of securing a mortgage is your Fico Score. Simply put, the lower the credit score higher the interest rate. How Your Fico Score rates is what determines both your eligibility for the mortgage as well as…

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