Buying a Home
Can You Increase Your Preapproval Amount?
When the right homes always seem just out of reach, here’s how to get preapproved for a bigger mortgage.
When house hunters receive a mortgage preapproval, it determines the budget for their house search. However, you can have a situation where your preapproval amount is lower than the value of the house you want to purchase.
There are numerous options that would-be homeowners can do to raise their preapproved mortgage amount. Continue to read below f...
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