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Welcome to our Application Checklist. If you're wondering why the list below is so short, it's because our application requires substantially less information than a traditional mortgage application. For example, we ask only for income and asset amounts, rather than account numbers or other detailed information.


You might want to print this checklist and use it as a handy guide. Once you gather the information below for all borrowers, filling out our application will take just minutes — and you'll get a loan decision in minutes, too, rather than in hours or days.

All applicants will need:

check Social Security numbers
check Current contact information (address, phone numbers, e-mail, etc.)
check Information about income (pension statements, dividend statements, divorce decree, child support payment history, etc.)
check Information about assets, drawn from recent statements (checking, savings, stocks and bonds, mutual funds, CDs, gifts, proceeds from the sale of real estate, etc.)
check Information about any real estate debts that you may have (including home-equity loans and other lines of credit, even if you have not drawn on the account)

Self-employed applicants will need:

check Their most recent federal tax return and attachments

Applicants who have not yet found a house will need to know:

check The state and county in which they're looking

Applicants who have found a house will need:

check Their sales contract, also known as a purchase agreement, fully executed by all parties

Applicants who are refinancing will need:

check The estimated market value of the home they're refinancing

If you're ready to apply for a loan, please visit the Apply Now section of our site. If you have any questions at all about any aspect of the mortgage or application process, please contact one of the home-financing professionals in our Mortgage Center at 1-800-811-5385.
Talk to an Expert  Mon. - Fri. 8am to 9pm ET, Sat. 9:30am to 6pm ET. Call 1-800-811-5385 or Email.

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