Transparency in the Real Estate world… what does it truly mean?
How many of you in the last few years kept hearing real estate and mortgage professionals talk about transparency? Before we start, let's define a few types of transparency. Transparency - as used in the humanities and in a social context more generally, implies openness, communication, and accountability. The secondary meaning of transparency are - procedures that include open meetings, financial disclosure statements, the freedom of information legislation, budgetary review, audits, etc. (These definitions come from Wikipedia)
How hard it is to pre-qualify or pre-approve a borrower now than it was 2 years ago? Some would say much harder. I would agree and disagree. Here is why.... Let's put aside the appraisal issues, the mortgage insurance issues, credit scores, and several other factors, because those would be some of the main reasons why it is harder to approve someone. I just wanted to dwell on the basics that so many seem to forget or overlook. I bring this up because Lenn Harley wrote a blog last week, Qualifying borrowers is not rocket science, which has received (27 comments)
I just want to educate people about mortgages and the process.
In regards to lending, I am very creative, intuitive, honest, and one who communicates information, may it be good or bad. I am a loan officer that looks out for your best interest.