Summary: Federal housing authority, or FHA, is a federal loan given to first-time home buyers as a mortgage. Get access to an FHA loan when buying a first home with tips from a licensed mortgage broker in this free video on personal finance and real estate.
Adriel Torres has been in the mortgage business for over a decade. He has owned two mortgage companies and is a licensed mortgage broker. Torres has been doing credit repair since...read more
"Hi, you've been thinking about buying your first property. You're a first time home buyer and you're wondering how to get your first mortgage. No problem, I'll tell you how. My name's Adriel Torres and I'm the owner of ultimatecredittoday.com. As a first time home buyer there are many programs that will help you to get in to your first property. Federal Housing Authority, FHA is a federal loan that is given to first time home buyers at usually about ninety seven percent loan to value. And the remaining balance you can obtain from many many local and stage agencies that will help you as a first time home buyer to buy your first property. My first suggestion to you is to check with your local mortgage broker or local bank. Everybody has access to an FHA loan, for the most part. And that's the way to go as far as obtaining your first mortgage to buy a first property at a hundred percent which means you're not going to come to the table with any closing costs. Some you may depending on the program that are out there. but there are some that you may qualify for in order to get state loan to cover the rest of the ninety seven percent from FHA. And that's how to obtain your first loan as a first time home buyer. Again, my name's Adriel Torres. I'm the owner of ultimatecredittoday.com. Thank you very much."
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