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The first step toward a home purchase is getting pre-qualified for a loan. Your Loan Officer will review your financial information and determine how much you are qualified to borrow. As a pre-qualified buyer, your offer on a home is more likely to be accepted.

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Once you have found a home, you will make an offer to buy it from the seller. A real estate professional will conduct negotiations and a contract will be submitted to purchase, accompanied by the pre-approval letter. Once your offer is accepted, you will begin the application process.

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When the seller accepts your offer, you begin the mortgage process. Your Loan Officer will gather your financial information, loan application and provide the initial disclosures based on your loan terms.

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In the days leading up to settlement, you will be sent final documentation about your loan, including the Closing Disclosure. You must review, sign and return the paperwork a minimum of three days prior to your scheduled closing date.

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Your settlement documents will include instructions on how to make your first payment. While First Home Mortgage services many of our loans, it is possible servicing will be transferred. You will be mailed a notification that designates your mortgage servicer.

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5. Making Payments

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Your Loan Officer will review your financial information and determine if refinancing is the best option.

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You will submit a loan application.

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Your Loan Officer will gather your financial information, loan pre-qualification and provide the initial disclosures based on your loan terms.

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In the days leading up to settlement, you will be sent final documentation about your loan, including the Closing Disclosure. You must review, sign and return the paperwork a minimum of three days prior to your scheduled closing date.

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While First Home Mortgage services many of our loans, it is possible servicing will be transferred. You will be mailed a notification that designates your mortgage servicer.

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1. Pre-Qualification
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2. Making an Offer
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3. Mortgage Process
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4. Closing Process
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5. Post-Closing

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The first step toward a home purchase is getting pre-qualified for a loan. Your Loan Officer will review your financial information and determine how much you are qualified to borrow. As a pre-qualified buyer, your offer on a home is more likely to be accepted.

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First, identify a property that needs work that you want to renovate. From there, you will provide the following to your loan officer to prepare preliminary figures and make sure you qualify for this specific property and renovation amount. You will then receive a pre-approval letter and make the offer.

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The first step in the renovation process will be scheduling an appointment with a licensed consultant off of HUD’s consultant roster; they will help you determine the mandatory items that have to be done to get the home up to the minimum property standards for the appraisal and help you devise the scope of work for your wish-list items.

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In the days leading up to settlement, you will be sent final documentation about your loan, including the Closing Disclosure. You must review, sign and return the paperwork a minimum of three days prior to your scheduled closing date.

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During Post Closing, your contractor can begin the work. You will start making payments which works the same as a standard loan unless you’ve financed payments into the loan for when the home will be uninhabitable during the renovation.

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First Home Mortgage will always be my go-to! The entire team was extremely helpful, professional, knowledgeable, organized, and efficient through the entire home buying process. I couldn’t give a higher recommendation! 20/10 stars across the board.

This could not have been a better First Time Homebuyer experience! The team was so incredibly great to work with! So organized, attentive and timely with everything along the way! We will definitely go back for all of our home loan needs! They made what can be a daunting experience, an easy one!

This is by far the most amazing company I have dealt with. This was my first time purchasing a home. I had no clue what I was doing. They showed me every step that was necessary in order for me to get into the home.

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We’re Welcoming Jeff Modeski as Columbia Office Branch Manager
First Home News
June 02, 2023
We’re Welcoming Jeff Modeski as Columbia Office Branch Manager

First Home Mortgage’s Columbia, Maryland office location is about to get a little bit bigger with the exciting addition of our newest branch manager, Jeff Modeski. Jeff is an experienced mortgage professional with more than 22 years of experience working for some of the best mortgage lenders in the industry – including First Home Mortgage! […]

Jodi White Joins the First Home Team as  Branch Manager of Our New Gainesville, VA Office
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May 15, 2023
Jodi White Joins the First Home Team as Branch Manager of Our New Gainesville, VA Office

Spring is in full swing and First Home Mortgage continues to grow and thrive with the addition of our newest branch location, opening soon in Gainesville, Virginia! Of course, an office is just a building, and it takes a team to really make things happen. That’s why we’re excited to announce that industry veteran extraordinaire […]

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Exciting news for prospective homebuyers looking to enter the market: With the launch of our new First Home’s Dream Program, we’re offering down payment assistance worth $3,000 to low to moderate income homebuyers on conventional 30-year mortgages! We know that saving up for a home can be a huge challenge, especially in today’s housing market. […]

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