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15 questions to expect from a mortgage lender

Put yourself in the mortgage lender’s shoes: Before giving someone a big loan, wouldn’t you want to know a lot about the borrower? Expect your mortgage application to ask these questions about your income, credit history, the home you want to buy, how much money you have saved and more.

Pending Home Sales Index increased 0.9% in May, up 10% year-over-year

Signed contracts to buy existing homes, so-called pending home sales, rose just 0.9 percent in May from April, according to the National Association of Realtors, after a downward revision to April’s reading. That is slightly lower than analysts predicted, but is still the highest level on the association’s index since April of 2006. Pending sales are now 10.4 percent higher than one year ago.