How to Get the Best Home Loan, 2nd Edition

A perfect 10! Required homework for finding the right home loan. On a scale of one to ten, nationally syndicated columnist Robert Bruss rated this book a solid ten. Written by an experienced mortgage banker, this money-saving guide uses a step-by-step approach to illustrate the mechanics involved in mortgage lending. Now in a thoroughly updated Second Edition, How to Get the Best Home Loan provides readers with expert advice on how to obtain the right loan at the right price from the right lender and provides comprehensive coverage of all types of loans, qualifications, and refinancing. The book highlights recent changes in mortgage lending, including the importance of credit scores and desktop underwriting, the use of computers, how to use the Internet, and what to look for when comparing loans and lenders. Other newly added sections examine merged credit reports, verifications, qualifying, and loan types. W. Frazier Bell (Charlottesville, VA) is past president of the Charlottesville Area Mortgage Bankers Association and has been successfully active in real estate and contracting for eighteen years.