Sunday, September 14, 2008

How to Choose the Best Home Loan Lender

The best way to choose the best Home Lender is to sort out in your mind and jot down the criteria you are looking for, not only of the Lender required but also of your own credentials.
Tracking down a good home lender who is reputable, honest and also working above board with good interest rates is every Home Buyer's dream and you can accomplish this with the following tips.

1. Firstly check your credit rating, the higher your credit scoring is, the better chance you have of finding the cheapest mortgage so do this before consulting any Home Lender. There are three main Credit Bureaus where by law you can get your credit rating yearly for free. For your credit score you may have to fork out a small fee. Once you have determined your credit score then assuming it is quite good that is over 700 points then you can go shopping for the right mortgage Lender.

2. Depending on where you live in the World you should be able to locate online comparison sites that list a host of mortgage Lenders that cater to your needs. At a glance you can get all the right information you need and much detailed information on what each Lender can offer its customers. If you match up what each Lender can give you to what you are actually looking for and which best suits your needs then you have a relative match. It is always wise of course to see what your own Bank nearer to home is offering also to compare before making any decisions to approach any Mortgage Lender. Usually online you can use the online calculator to see which companies offer the best rate. Once you have a list of the top three then you should get in touch with them to see who can make the best deal.

1 comment:

Aisha Smith said...

Hi there,

I quite like your post on choosing the best home loan lender.Many a times we get confused when we opt for loans.This post was quite helpful to me as i could understand what are the basic requirements for buying one's dream house.

As i have also started blogging of late so this post was informative for me. I too write on finance topics and my resource is mainly from http://www.creditmagic.org/knowledgebank/credit-scoring.html
You too can visit this site to more about credit related topics.