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Home Affordability Calculator
Understanding how much home you can afford is an important first step when starting the home buying process. Enter your income, debt and monthly expenses to estimate how much you might be approved to borrow using the Home Affordability Calculator.
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Before starting the home buying process, estimate your monthly mortgage loan payment using your desired home price, approximate down payment, interest rate and loan term. Understand how your mortgage payment might fit with your monthly budget and apply for a loan that fits your financial goals.
VA Loan FAQs
Purchasing a home is an important milestone and often one of the largest purchases a person will make in their lifetime. For veterans and service members pursuing the home buying process, a VA loan could be an ideal mortgage product.
What Is A VA Loan
Since 1944, the VA home loan has helped thousands of our nation’s bravest citizens achieve the dream of homeownership. One of the most popular and enduring programs of the The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 commonly known as the G.I. Bill is the VA home loan.
Refinancing VA Loan FAQs
The VA streamline refinance loan is also known as the VA IRRRL. The VA streamline refinance is often a simple loan process because the borrowers are refinancing from one VA mortgage loan to another VA loan.
Renting Or Buying FAQs
Whether you are a Millennial starting out in the housing market for the first time or a long-time renter interested in becoming a homeowner, you may have questions about renting compared to buying a home. Here are some frequently asked questions about the benefits of owning a home versus renting.
First Time Home Buyer FAQs
Buying a house for the first time starts with gaining a solid understanding of the process. Transitioning from renting to owning is achievable with the help of experienced and professional partners.
Buy A House After Covid
The coronavirus has had an effect on the economy and society, and many are still following social distancing guidelines and adhering to stay-at-home orders.
Renting or Buying
Did you know that a homeowner’s average median net worth is 40x greater than that of a non-homeowner (according to recent data from the Federal Reserve’s Survey of Consumer Finances)? While that statistics greatly favors buyers, we know that the benefits and advantages of homeownership over renting are not always so clear cut.
Buying A Second Home
When done right, investing in real estate can be both a lucrative and satisfying endeavor. Whether it’s a cabin in the woods, a place near the beach or somewhere in between, a second home can be a good investment under the right circumstances.