Ally’s standard limit for a conventional mortgage loan is $647,200, but this can be higher in more competitive real estate markets. For jumbo loans, Ally offers loan amounts up to $4 million. What is the minimum down payment Ally will accept?
Borrowers who can't put down at least 20% have no business buying a home. One job loss or economic downturn and they are finished. Go get a first time home loan from the government and milk them for all they are worth instead. The30/30/3 home buying ruleby putting 20% down and...
It might only take an underwriter a few hours to comb through a loan file and approve, suspend, or deny it. However, mortgage lenders only have so many underwriters available, and surely the number of loans in the pipeline will exceed the number of staff. As such, much of the time migh...
The mortgage commitment letter a buyer receives could have some conditions that need to be satisfied before a closing can be completed. Once a mortgage commitment is granted, buyers usually don’t have to worry about the loan being denied. However, as we are going to discuss, it is certainly...