Countrywide Home Loans
Personally, I have had very good experiences with Countrywide Home Loans. Their customer service is great, it has really improved over the years and their loan officers are very low pressure. They get paid off a flat fee and so they are interested in getting you the best rate and giving you the best experienced so you will come back again and refer your friends. Even the front-line customer service representatives are very helpful and very well trained.
I recently contacted a loan officer at Countrywide Home Loans and he was very helpful throughout the process. He didn’t seem like he was pulling any punches, he actually seemed like he was more interested in treating me good because he told me that he builds his business from referrals. I have dealt with brokers before, and the thing is you can never tell how much money they are tacking on with origination fees and rates spreads.
The loan rate may also be fixed for a period of time and then become variable after that (where the interest rate and payments change month to month depending on the market). This is what is called an adjustable rate mortgage or ARM. You should talk to a representative to figure out which Countrywide home loan would work best for you.
Fees are a concern for anyone getting any home loan from anywhere, and they should be. The money is yours and you want to know why you are paying. Depending on what your loan is, there are different fees that may or may not be assessed when you go to apply for your Countrywide home loan.
Be sure to ask a lot of questions and decide. Even when you are looking for loans at other places, you will want to ask lots of questions. Check to see what closing fees are like for the loan, ask about administration fees, or having to pay for valuation fees. Then, you can compare with the Countrywide home loan you are looking at to decide what is going to work best for you.
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