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SoFi vs. Rocket Mortgage
Key takeaways The bottom line: SoFi is worth considering if you qualify for its member discounts, want to keep your mortgage and banking with one company, or value its closing guarantee. Rocket Mortgage may be a better fit if you need a specialized loan program or want an underwriter-verified approval before making an offer. Neither… Read more
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2025 mortgage interest rate forecast
See how Tomo Mortgage’s head of Capital Markets breaks down the latest mortgage rate forecasts, predictions, and outlooks for 2025. Read more
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What Is a 2-1 Buydown? Payments, Cost, and When It’s Worth It
Key takeaways How a 2-1 buydown works A 2-1 buydown temporarily lowers the principal and interest portion of your mortgage payment for two years. Your payment… Read more
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Can You Get a Mortgage While on Maternity Leave? How U.S. Lenders Count Your Income
Yes. You can apply for a mortgage while pregnant or on maternity leave. Federal law protects you from being denied a loan simply because you’re pregnant… Read more
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Temporary Buydown: How It Works, What It Costs, and What Happens When It Ends
Key Takeaways: How does a temporary buydown work? A temporary buydown lowers your mortgage payment for a set period, usually the first one to three years.… Read more
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Can You Use Rental Income to Qualify for a Mortgage?
Yes, you can use rental income to qualify for a mortgage, but lenders won’t necessarily count every dollar you collect. For new or anticipated rental income,… Read more
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Buying a House After Divorce: What Lenders Check Before Preapproval
Key takeaways Is there a waiting period to buy a house after divorce? No. There’s no universal waiting period after divorce before you can qualify for… Read more
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Buying a House With Student Loan Debt: What Lenders Actually Count
Key takeaways Mortgage lenders don’t always count what you actually pay on your student loans. They count a qualifying payment, set by your loan program and… Read more
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Can I Get a Mortgage If I Just Started a New Job?
Key Takeaways Often, yes: starting a new job doesn’t by itself rule out a mortgage. Fannie Mae’s guidelines ask whether your most recent two years show… Read more
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Mortgage Lenders With No Origination Fees: How to Tell If You’re Really Saving
Key Takeaways What does “no origination fee” actually remove? It removes one lender charge. It doesn’t remove your closing costs, and it may not remove every… Read more
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AmeriSave vs. Rocket Mortgage
Key Takeaways Tomo Mortgage publishes this comparison and is included as one of the lenders below. We use public lender disclosures and federal HMDA data for… Read more
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Can I Get a Mortgage With a 580 Credit Score?
Key Takeaways What the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) permits at a 580 credit score FHA loans are built around the 580 credit score line. In fiscal… Read more
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Qualifying for a Mortgage on 1099 Income: How Lenders Actually Calculate It
Being a 1099 contractor doesn’t put you in a separate mortgage category. It does mean lenders read your income differently than a W-2 paycheck, and depending… Read more
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Rocket Mortgage vs. Better
Key Takeaways: That leaves three questions: which loan you need, where you’re buying, and what each lender quotes you on the same day. Who’s in the… Read more