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Are you shopping rates or are loan sharks shopping you?
Shopping for an interest rate is one of the absolute worst ways to shop for a mortgage. The really funny part in saying as much is that people become sceptical when it comes to a Mortgage Professional saying that shopping for an interest rate is the worst way to go. The irony here is that a dishonest loan officer will jump at the chance to offer you a below the bottom interest rate that does not really exist for your situation and a Mortgage Professional will tell you the truth.
The truth is that I can no more quote an interest rate to someone without taking an application than a doctor can give a proper diagnosis without examining the patient. Of course that is an old analogy but just think about it for a minute... Interest rates are like a reflection of risk factors related to funding the loan based on how well or poorly a person is qualified. It is very rare that I will qualify two people in the same day who qualify for the exact same program and interest rate.
It does not matter what your neighbor got for an interest rate you may not qualify for the same rate. ... more

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