I’ve written a piece as a guest-writer for The Front Steps, one of the better blogs on SF Real Estate.
After talking to loan officers and loan brokers for several weeks about the lending environment, here are the takeaways:
- Have “perfect everything”: high credit score, secure job, money in the bank and documentation to prove it all.
- Figure you’ll be putting down a minimum of 20% as downpayment.
- For the best long-term rates, to to a retail bank that you have a relationship with.
The complete article is here.