The Mortgage Loan Process:

Receive initial approval by the underwriter at the lender. You’ll receive a list of items the underwriter wants (called “conditions”) and you’ll want to provide each and every one to our processor as quickly as possible. Among other items will be the front and back of any earnest money checks you gave to your realtor (typically one when you submit your offer and often another one a week or two later). The underwriter will want to see those canceled checks and also an official printout of your bank account showing the checks coming out of the account. Ask your loan officer or loan processor what printouts are acceptable.

When your items are in, and the appraisal is satisfactory, all is sent back to the underwriter with a request for a “clear to close”.

Once you have a “clear to close” you can schedule the closing with your realtor. We will remind you to have photo id with you at closing (two forms if possible, such as passport and drivers license) and a cashier’s check from the account you provided to the lender (statements along the way) made payable to the title company. The exact amount needed won’t be known until the settlement sheet is prepared by the title company. That is often not done until a few days prior to closing. Plan to get the check a day or two before closing and be prepared for the closing process to take all day. 

The closing process typically only takes an hour, but there have been instances when it has lasted longer.

Go to closing, sign the documents, turn over the check, and receive the keys to your new home!

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