Guides

Plain answers to the questions people ask before they apply.

Guide

FHA or conventional: which loan fits your first home?

The two most common first-home loans, side by side, and the questions that decide between them.

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Guide

What an FHA 203(k) loan can pay for

Buying the house that needs work, and financing the work in the same mortgage.

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Guide

The documents you need for a mortgage pre-approval

The short list, and the one or two things that slow people down.

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Purchase · Refinance · Pre-approval

Know what you can borrow before you fall for a house

Start the secure application online, or call the office and talk it through first. Either way you get a real answer, not a range.