Step one
Meet with a loan officer to discuss your goals and current financial situation. Your loan officer will help to determine what loan amount and purchase price you can qualify for and what programs will be a good fit for you.
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Receiving a pre-approval letter prior to looking at properties requires verification of your income, credit, assets and liabilities. It is recommended that you get pre-approved before you start looking for your new house so that you can:
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Know your price range before you start looking
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Be in a better position when negotiating with the seller (being pre-approved can help the seller be confident in your offer)
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Close your loan quicker
Step two
Once you have had the opportunity to decide on a property with your realtor and put in an offer, the formal mortgage approval process will be set into motion.
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Your loan officer will pull a credit report (if they did not do so prior) and request a specific set of documents from you that will be able to provide the underwriter with enough information to make an initial decision on your loan approval. Once you provide these documents, your loan officer will place your mortgage transaction with the lending partner who has the best terms on the program you both agreed on.
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Once our lending partner has received our request to work with them on your loan, your loan will be moved into processing.
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Step three
Our processing team will work with you throughout the remainder of the process to make sure that your mortgage loan is treated with priority and you will work with a single processor who will become another main point of contact.
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Your processor will work with our lending partner to issue your first set of loan documents, including your Loan Estimate, so that you can review fees, see the initial terms of the program, and ask any questions that you may have.
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At this point, your loan will be submitted to our lending partner for an initial review of your transaction.
Step four
Following the underwriter's initial review of your documents, they will contact your processor with a list of additional items they need to see in order to make a final decision and approve your loan for closing. Some of these documents will need to come from you, and some will be gathered by your processor without needing your help, like the title of the home.
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Your processor will review the request from the underwriter and reach out to you if they need anything.
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When they have all the items requested by the underwriter back, they will submit them back to the underwriting team for review. This back and forth may need to happen a few times since providing the underwriter new documents can bring to light new information that was not known when the application was submitted.
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When the underwriter has concluded that the documentation and information meets their guidelines and has no further questions, they will approve your loan for closing.
Step five
To close, your processor will help you coordinate with the title company to schedule your closing at a time and place that works for you. You may choose to go to the title company, but you can also have a mobile notary public meet you at a different place.
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Before closing, you will need to speak with the title company and your processor to ensure that you have accurate information about how you will be bringing in your down payment.
