I have GREAT news everybody!
I just got off the phone with my LO and he just told me CHFA fully approved the loan!!!! We are 48-72 hours away from clear to close! My file is now headed to UAMC's underwriter for final approval!!! This is a slam dunk because UAMC submits the loan app to the UW early in the process, which gets all the conditions the UW wants satisfied for approval. So this last review is just a final check versus a first check. Getting full approval from CHFA was the last major milestone for approval!!
My LO said that worst case, we will be in our new home by THIS WEEKEND. My LO said we will definitely close this week!!!
So I'm going to call and schedule our move for Thursday!!!!
:-)
Cards: Orchard Bank ($1100) | Cap1 Cash Rewards ($2500) | Chase Freedom ($1000) | Best Buy ($2500) | Discover It ($1000) | Barclay Rewards ($2500) | Current scores: EX FAKO: 684, CK TU: 649, FICO EQ: 680, FICO TU: 698, FICO EX: 658 Happy Homeowner Since 2/6/13! 
Last App: 4/5/13 Gardening until July 2014
tooleman694 wrote:woohoo
Mike and I are right behind you
Maybe you...me, not so much...June seems so far away. 
I'm sweating bullets about that judgment that I'm making payments on again. What if the attorney reports the payments to the court (and I think they will/are supposed to) and that then triggers the judgment to show on my credit reports? That would be devastating.
I have been pretty happy with UAMC. I will be even happier with them once I get cleared to close. My total out of pocket costs for our home are:
- inspection: $425
- earnest money: $2,000
- interest for Feb: ~$650 (total due at closing)
Home Price: $347,900
Interest: 4.125%
That's not bad at all considering it is a zero down loan.
The only thing I didn't like is the long processing time as we put earnest money down on 1/2 and signed the contract on 1/5 and it is now 2/4 and we are still waiting. I had one unpaid collection since filing the second bankruptcy (ch 13) in 2005. All they wanted was a letter of explanation.
The Chapter 13 was deleted from my reports in Oct 2012 but they still wanted the discharge letter for both the Chapter 7 and 13 and also wanted the filing papers for the Chapter 13 and I had to pay pacer to look those up and download them. Only the Chapter 7 is still on my credit reports and it will be deleted in Aug 2013 but they didn't want the filing papers for the Chapter 7 and I found that very odd. I didn't think they would want anything Chapter 13 related because it is no longer on my credit report but they did.
But all in all, it was a pretty good experience with UAMC. They did request multiple rounds of conditions which flustered me. But looking back, it was a fairly smooth process. I think if I wasn't under the pressure from my landlord, I wouldn't have been so upset over certain things. :-)
Starting Score:5/22/10 590And you all are so very welcome and I look forward to future chats when we are all in our new homes! I will continue to follow your journeys once my loan process is over.
I am very happy I found the loan program I did as it saves us a lot of money to use for new furniture! So encourage everyone to look for downpayment assistance programs in your area. Call your local housing authority to see what's available! I make $96,000 a year and I still qualified for zero downpayment assistance. You may even qualify for a grant! My downpayment is rolled into a second mortgage. But search around, there are still non conventional mortgage assistance loans available. And CHFA, our local housing authority will service my loan for the full 30 year term! And they have REAL hardship programs unlike the ones touted by big banks, which means if you fall on hard times, you are more likely to keep your house!
I would absolutely love to post a picture of our house but I can't because my landlord could run across these forums and find out where I live but I did want to post a picture of my kitchen since tooleman started a thread about it. :-)
myFICO is the consumer division of FICO. Since its introduction 20 years ago, the FICO® Score has become a global standard for measuring credit risk in the banking, mortgage, credit card, auto and retail industries. 90 of the top 100 largest U.S. financial institutions use the FICO Score to make consumer credit decisions.
>> About myFICO
