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I just read a letter from Frank. I'll take you to his letter in a moment because he did his homework. But for right now here are his two questions:
Question: Will the lender use the appraisal of the county as the property value, which in my case would help towards a good LTV?
Answer: The rule of thumb that establishes value for a home mortgage is purchase price or appraised value whichever is less.
For example, if a sales price is $200,000 but the real estate appraiser returns a value at $175,000, the home mortgage will be figured off of $175,000.
Conversely, an agreed upon price of $200,000 will be the basis for the lender's calculations even though it appraises for $250,000.
I have seen exceptions to this rule of thumb so consult your lender. You can also ask about using the county assessment instead of paying for a market appraisal.
Question: Are there any other surprises that I may be overlooking?
Answer: Eliminate surprise with mortgage approval. Ordinarily I encourage mortgage pre approval. But due to non-refundable nature of down payments following an auction, I would get mortgage approval subject only to appraisal and title insurance.
Consider going one step further. Ask your home mortgage lender if mortgage interest rate lock is available before the auction too.
The point is to reduce as much risk as possible since your down payment might be non-refundable.
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