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Brokers are especially useful when one lender says no, because they can re-place your file with another wholesale lender without starting over.
Online lenders can be a good fit for rate-and-term refinances where the borrower profile is clean and the priority is a fast, low-friction process.
Run it yourself
Related loan programs
Self-employed
Non-QM Loans
A non-QM (non-qualified mortgage) loan is any mortgage that documents income or credit outside the standard Qualified Mortgage rules, using bank statements, a P&L, 1099s, assets or rent instead of W-2s and tax returns.
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Self-employedBank Statement Loans
A bank statement loan is a non-QM mortgage that calculates self-employed income from 12 or 24 months of personal or business bank deposits instead of tax returns.
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