When getting pre-qualified, you’re much better off using a local lender instead of an online one. Today I’ve brought in a mortgage expert to help explain why.
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We’re seeing a lot of people lately get pre-qualified over the Internet instead of through a local lender. Maybe that’s ok for some people, but for most it brings some unwanted surprises. To help explain why, I’ve invited Eric Intihar from U.S. Mortgage of Florida to talk about this subject.
A mortgage isn’t a commodity—it’s a sophisticated financial product.
Unfortunately, Eric frequently gets clients who need his help to fix something that went wrong with an Internet pre-qualification. This is because online lenders have no real relationship to the client or Realtor, so you aren’t a top priority for them. That’s
a lot of risk to take on for such a big financial decision. As a general rule of thumb, when you’re working with an online lender, you’re typically working with someone who’s not as experienced as other lenders. You could even go so
far as to describe most of them as entry-level.
