How to Buy a Home after a Financial Hardship
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Having a financial hardship in the past does not mean that you cannot qualify for a home mortgage.
Many homebuyers believe that you are penalized, or have increased rates and costs if have had a bankruptcy, foreclosure, short sale, or deed in lieu in the past.
It doesn’t help that many loan officer and lenders either do not understand the guidelines, or simply choose to not work with homebuyers with a financial hardship event in the past.
Quite simply, the only penalty following a significant financial hardship is a waiting period. Do the time, and you’ll be just fine!
Links and Resources
We’ve been covering this topic since early 2011. I have answered literally thousands of questions from consumers all over the Country.
Below you will find the most popular articles covering this topic:
- 2017 Buy Again After Bankruptcy, Short Sale, Foreclosure or DIL
- Mortgage Discharged in Bankruptcy is NOT Free and Clear?
- Mortgage Included in Bankruptcy?
- Fannie Mae Waives Waiting Period on Foreclosure after Bankruptcy
- SPECIAL REPORT: Boomerang Buyer Survival Guide – Click to Download
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Hi my name is Robert I am just wanting to know how to buy a house with bad credit I was trying to start a small business and have gone through some hard times and have gotten my self in to trouble financially and working on getting my self out of it but I need to get a house so I am looking at all options
Hi Robert. There are a couple of things you’ll want to be aware of here. The credit can always be improved with time and proactive, best practices. The small business might be a hurdle if you need income from it to qualify for the mortgage.
Feel free to shoot me an email directly to scott@findmywayhome.com and let’s see if we can get you pointed in the right direction!
Hope this helps?