This is a simple word of caution to anyone seeking a home loan out there. If you think that banks and mortgage lenders are rational business people, think again. Just as they were insane before the housing crash by lending to anyone with a heartbeat and probably some without heartbeats, the are equally insane now with their over cautious lending practices.
I have client who was supposed to close on their loan on June 30th and they are still waiting. The reason? The home they are buying is owned by a trust. I don’t want to get into what a trust is except to say that people set up trusts so that when someone dies they can avoid probate and the trust can sell or transfer the property to whomever.
It is not very complicated, the transaction is the same as any other. Except the lender is making it soooo difficult, requesting one stupid document after another, none of which really have anything to do with trust. The latest request is that the bank would now like a copy of the the sellers death certificate. First of all — the seller is the trust (They Know that), secondly, do they not believe that the person actually died????? Can you tell that I am a little P O’d?
I guess, my advice to you is that if you are in the process of buying a home, make sure all your ducks are in a row and your loan is cleared to close well ahead of the closing date. In this day and age you never know what kind of crazy conditions the lender will require before they actually lend you the money.
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