Real Estate Financing

By: EconomyWatch   Date: 23 November 2010

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Real estate financing is one of the major issues in the minds of real estate developers, contractors and mortgage loan brokers. The main source of real estate financing has been traditional financial institutions such as banks, credit institutions, savings and loan associations etc. However, nowadays a good deal of funding for real estate is also done by non-banking institutions such as insurance companies, investment trusts etc. According to a California Legislation, those non-depository institutions which have more than $15,000,000 in assets and are qualified or registered are designated as institutional lenders.

 

 

Loan for a Real Estate Financing:

An application for a loan for real estate goes through the three main steps of analysis, processing and closing.

The lender grants the loan only after knowing the borrower's ability to repay the loan along with interest. For this he peruses the application form and develops further information in terms of verification of the borrower's bank accounts, his employment etc. A personal interview sometimes also reveals disclosed information.

The application is scrutinized before processing the loan. To avoid unnecessary delays, it is important that the borrower must have filled up the application entirely and accurately. While processing the loan application for real estate financing, the loan officer may explain the terms of the loan to the borrower and keeps a watch that it is a sound loan for the borrower.

The process of closing the loan varies from one lender to the another. This involves a escrow holder. After the completion of all formalities, he disburses the funds placed by the lender in a required manner and records it in the county recorder's office.


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