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First-Time Homebuyer Guide

How an Application Becomes a Loan

June 20, 2024

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How an Application Becomes a Loan

June 20, 2024

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If you were born before cell phones existed, you may remember Schoolhouse Rock’s hit “How a Bill Becomes a Law.” While we don’t have a cute animated mortgage dancing around, we’re hoping you can imagine one.

It all starts with an application. Believe it or not, we’ll spend the majority of the mortgage process (three of five steps) making your application the best it can be.

In the Apply phase, you’ve applied online and given us the highest-level look at what we can help you with and your financial picture. This allows us to start asking more detailed questions and narrowing in on a plan made just for you.

Once we’ve agreed on a general plan, your application moves onto the Review phase. Here, we’ll gather specific documents based on information already in your application. If you told us you’re self-employed, for example, we’ll have different document requests than if you have W-2 income. All of that then gets added to your application.

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Before moving on, we’ll get a general thumbs up from you that everything looks good. Then, your application will move to the Setup phase. This when we make sure we have everything we need for review. Yes, we may ask for a few more documents here, and that’s completely normal.

That brings us to Verify and Close, the last two phases. Much like when a bill becomes a law, this is the point where your finely tuned application, with all the documents and information, becomes a loan. We’ll get into those steps later, but for now, you get the idea just how important your application is.

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