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Preparing to Get Pre-Approved For a Mortgage

Realty Biz

Mortgage pre-approval is an essential step when buying a house. During pre-approval, lenders carefully evaluate your financial information, including income, assets, credit history, and other relevant details. How long it takes for lenders to give mortgage pre-approval can vary from a day to a week.

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Should Tenants Be “Pre-Approved” For Candidacy?

Toronto Realty Blog

Feel free to propose other suggestions for today’s title, because trust me when I say that I had considered a few. Should Prospective Tenants Be “Approved” Before Viewing Properties? In effect, this “pre-approval” process is a time saver and that’s what makes it popular. Screening them.

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Black Knight to sell TitlePoint back to Fidelity for $225M

Housing Wire

and is used by title insurance underwriters, title agents and closing attorneys. . The transaction is pending customer regulatory approval and is expected to close in the first half of 2023, according to Katia Gonzalez, senior analyst of investor relations at ICE. billion, down from $2.9

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Freddie Mac updates risk mitigation requirements for the industry due to elevated cybersecurity threats

Housing Wire

These cybersecurity concerns are supported by data that shows that wire and title fraud risk remained at elevated levels in Q4 2021. increase in CPL/agent validation errors with title insurers versus the 12-month average and a 2.4% To read FundingShield’s full Wire and Title Fraud Index for Q4 2021, click here. of transactions.

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Rocket Mortgage strikes big advertising deal with Realtor.com

Housing Wire

Effective Thursday, homebuyers on Realtor.com who say they wish to be pre-approved for a mortgage will see an advertisement from Rocket Mortgage that will allow them to receive pre-approval in as little as 20 minutes. It’s being rolled out in hundreds of test markets. “They think, ‘I want to buy a home.’

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Better closes merger with SPAC Aurora, unlocks $565M in fresh capital

Housing Wire

For things like homeowner’s insurance , title insurance, and realtors, we’ve now just become a marketplace. The product allows customers to go online, get pre-approved, lock their rate and get a binding mortgage commitment letter from Better Mortgage within 24 hours. In January 2023, Better announced a One-Day Mortgage.

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Do I Need the Car Registration to Get a Title Loan?

Realty Biz

Applying for a car title loan online can be simple and convenient, but there are certain documents you need to submit before obtaining approval. Unfortunately, you need the car and title registered under your name to qualify for funding. What Documents and Requirements Are Necessary for a Title Loan?

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