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Organizing Your Living Room-Family Room
Generally there is one room in the house where most of the "family living" takes place. In order to have a pleasant and welcoming living area for your family, and a place you can be proud of when you have visitors, you need to come up with some...
Stylish Comfort: Modern Sofa Trends
The modern sofa has two things in mind: the ultimate in style,
and the ultimate in comfort. Gone are the rock-hard sofas of
yesteryear: good looking, but torture to sit on. Today, modern
sofa trends present a new and evolved sofa. A sofa design...
Ten tips to ensure that you choose the right carpet for your home or office.
Buying a new carpet for your home or business is a decision that
should not be taken lightly.
The right choices will ensure that your chosen carpet not only
looks great but also proves to be a wise investment.
The wrong choices however...
Trees In The Home Landscape
Trees add so much to the home landscape! They provide shade, clean air, habitat for wildlife, value to your property, and even memories.
If your yard does not have any trees at the moment, you may want to consider planting some. Studies have...
Wall-murals
Wall murals
Wall murals are a fun way to enliven a dull, boring wall. You
can add a touch of your personality to your home by painting or
hanging wall murals .
With a little bit of creativity, a simple room can be turned
into a...
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The Top 5 Things You Need To Know If You Are Buying Or Selling A Home
This article is designed to address what I consider the really “big ticket” items that simply cannot be ignored. These are things that, in my opinion, simply must be done to start the process of putting a house on the market to sell or to initiate the purchase of a home.
Number 4 – Arrange Your Personal Financial Information in Advance
Raise your hand if you have had to qualify for a home loan before. For those who have their hands raised, you already know the drill and how impersonal, probing and detailed it can become. You have found your dream home, you envision holidays, birthdays, weddings, hopes, dreams, family, friends, love and happiness. Then the screech and collision of qualifying for a home loan meets the dream. A little advance preparation will do wonders for getting one ready for the reality of what to face as well as smooth the process for all parties concerned.
The list provided below is what I recommend first time or anytime buyers to prepare in advance of looking for a home and certainly in advance of talking to a mortgage broker. This information combined with your credit scores and reports, puts you in a distinct advantage when discussing loan packages available, requirements necessary to complete a loan package and time savings if critical to the completion of the purchase. In addition, and maybe even most importantly, having prepared all of this in advance creates the accurate perception by your team of professionals representing you, that you are serious about purchasing a home. I will assure you, commissioned professionals get real serious with people that make their jobs easier and don’t waste their time.
· Last two years of tax returns.
· Financial statement prepared by an accountant if possible.
· If renting, copy of lease and twelve months of cancelled checks showing rent payments on time.
· Copies of last two months utility bills.
· Photocopies of drivers license and social security card.
· The final purchase contract for the house (if applicable).
· If you're self-employed, the mortgage company may require your personal and business tax returns for the previous two years and
your company's year-to-date Profit and Loss statement.
· Divorce settlement papers, if applicable
· Updated account statements for listed assets in the application that may have changed in value.
· Information about debts or credit report items that may have been delinquent or not accurate.
· Evidence of your mortgage payments, such as canceled checks.
· An irrevocable gift letter if you are receiving a monetary gift from a relative.
· Your bank account numbers and the address of your bank branch, along with checking and savings account statements for the previous 2-3 months.
· Last two pay stubs, W2 withholding forms, tax returns for two years, or other proof of employment and income verification.
· Credit card bills for the past few billing periods, or canceled checks for rent to show payment history and amount of revolving debt.
· Information on other consumer debt such as car loans, furniture loans, student loans and retail credit cards.
Organize and place all of this information in a three ring binder with labeled dividers. Make three copies, one for your mortgage broker and two additional copies, one for yourself and one extra in case it is needed (which more than likely will happen).
About the Author: Pat Hicks is the Managing Partner for http://www.Iwantafreecrediterport.com, a web site providing competitive priced credit reports and scores with no tricks or misleading advertising. Reviews of and links to some of the top web based credit reporting sites as well as online shopping for educated consumers is also found there. A statement regarding the truth about free credit reports is provided which includes the link to http://www.annualcreditreport.com for any consumers eligible to receive a free report.
Source: www.isnare.com
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