To start the financing process, we recommend a meeting with Jim Audette, our in house Financial Advisor, to allow him to pre-qualify prospective buyers to determine which lenders and financing programs will best meet their needs.
There are a myriad of lenders and loan programs that are available to assist customers in the purchase of our various housing options. Our goal is to advise our buyers as to the most affordable means of financing the home of their dreams.
A result of the pre-qualification meeting is determining what a lender will consider to be the maximum loan amount that a borrower will qualify for. Once this has been determined then a housing budget can be considered. Often times, the maximum monthly payment that a lender deems affordable to a borrower may not agree with what the borrowers themselves feel that they can afford. In either case; then it becomes incumbent of our Housing Consultants try to work within a budget that will result in a monthly payment that is affordable and comfortable for our purchasers.
A great benefit to our customers is that this pre-qualification process means that they won’t necessarily have to “shop around” for advantageous financing. We pride ourselves keeping up with an ever-changing mortgage financing marketplace.
At the conclusion of a pre-qualification appointment, if a prospective borrower wishes to move forward using Jim’s assistance, they will be provided with a complete list of supporting documents that will be needed by their lender to accompany their application. By providing a lender with a “complete” application package, the time frame that the mortgage financing process can take will be largely reduced.
Another notable advantage in using Jim’s 33 plus years of experience with mortgage loan financing is just that; Jim’s experience. Certain lenders tend to make the process more difficult than it should or needs to be. Jim’s experience provides him with the unique ability to cut through unnecessary red tape on a borrower’s behalf. In fact, in countless cases, Jim’s knowledge of the ins and outs of mortgage loan finance has helped borrowers who initially receive Notices of Denial, turn into Notices of Credit Approval.