Are you a risky bet for a home loan? Your underwriter will help a lender decide whether or not to approve your application. Mandy Sleight is a freelance writer and has been an insurance agent since ...

When you apply for a mortgage, lenders use a process called underwriting to determine whether to approve or deny you. Underwriters consider factors like your credit history, your financial profile and ...

The majority of mortgage applications are processed with automated technology, but lenders can use manual mortgage underwriting for more complex financial situations. If you have a limited credit ...

When you apply for a mortgage loan, you’re asking to borrow money from a lender. Lenders use the mortgage underwriting process to assess how risky it is to provide you with that loan. In the same way ...

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The WSJ's Jonathan Karp wants to tell us "How the Mortgage Bar Keeps Moving Higher", in the words of his headline. After all, he says, "mortgage lenders are tightening standards, even for borrowers ...

Will your mortgage application be approved? That depends on the outcome of mortgage underwriting. Mortgage underwriting is a crucial step of the homebuying process in which mortgage lenders decide ...

Mortgage technology company Gateless is offering its flagship automated underwriting platform to a new lender. The Loan Store — a wholesale lender based in Arizona — will now use the Gateless Smart ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about real estate, mortgage finance and urban development. This article is more than 10 years old. About a year ago, as a ...

After you apply for a mortgage, lenders use a process called underwriting to determine whether to approve or deny your loan. The underwriting process typically takes between 40 and 50 days to complete ...