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Mortgage Pre-Qualification vs. Pre-Approval: What’s the Difference?

HomeLight

Like pre-qualification or pre-approval. Let’s lay it all out: How pre-qualifications and pre-approvals are similar Pre-qualifications and pre-approvals have a few things in common. Learn More What’s a pre-qualification? What’s a pre-approval?

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Divvy Homes hits $2 billion valuation after latest funding round

Housing Wire

Existing investors and others including Andreessen Horowitz, Singapore’s GIC, GGV Capital and Moore Specialty Credit participated in the round, which pre-empted a capital raise that could have featured new investors, she said. We’re aiming to bring a legitimacy to alternative home financing options,” said Hefets.

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How 2020 exposed a greater need for collaboration between real estate agents and LOs

Housing Wire

This century has seen a rapid shift to a digital-first economy from the internet to portals to email marketing to smartphones to social media. This has heightened the need for digital tools for marketing, viewing, financing and closing on home purchases. VL: So many areas could benefit by embracing digitalization.

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Home pricing rules: don’t go if you don’t know

Housing Wire

A great Listing pre-qualification script pulls out critical facts so you can be best prepared to not just take the listing, but to price it right in the first place! Even in a hot seller’s market, there is aspirational pricing. Not prequalifying is unprofessional and can waste your time and the sellers.

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Is a Mortgage Pre-Approval Letter Necessary to Make an Offer on a House?

Realtor.com

. “While you do not ‘need’ a pre-approval letter from your lender in order for your offer to be accepted, I highly recommend all of my buyers present it,” says Denise Shur , a Realtor® with 1:1 Realty in San Jose, CA. ” What is mortgage pre-approval? .” ” What is mortgage pre-approval?

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Buy Your First Home in Massachusetts: 15 Questions Answered

Realty Biz

Answer: Assess your finances to understand what you can afford. This includes checking your credit score, saving for a down payment, and getting pre-approved for a mortgage. Online mortgage calculators can provide a rough estimate, but getting pre-approved by a lender will give you a more accurate figure. Answer: It varies.

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How Is The Market For Condominium Assignments?

Toronto Realty Blog

Those who know me – at least, through TRB, are fully aware of my thoughts on pre-construction condos, the pre-construction condo industry, and the way that pre-construction condos are sold and eventually built. Your “Buying Pre-Construction Condos and CAKE! Time flies when you’re having fun, right?