
Trout Run works with Gary Frechette at River City Mortgage to bring you personalized service and competitive rates. The following information walks you through the loan process. But, please feel free to contact Gary directly to talk about your specific situation. Gary can be reached at gfrechette@rivercitymortgage.com or 651-905-6215. You may want to visit www.rivercitymortgage.com for additional information about obtaining a loan.
1. Loan Application
The application takes about one hour. It is used for the purpose of obtaining information needed to make a decision on your loan, either through automatic or manual underwriting. The process is usually automated and it takes just a few minutes to run through the automated system to get an approval.
Automated approvals will generally takes into consideration credit scores, housing and debt ratios which are calculated based on how much your income is against your housing expense and debts, and how much cash you are putting down and how much cash is left over after the closing.
The automated approval will tell us what to collect from you, however, the following information will be normally required to support the information that you have given to us on the application:
2. Submitting Loan to Underwriting
Once we have received the information from the above items, we will submit your loan along with the appraisal and title work. This process normally takes approximately three weeks. The underwriter will make sure that the information matches the application and the automated approval and give a final underwriting approval.
If the loan is turned down or the file has been submitted as a manual underwrite because of certain circumstances, it will be reviewed by our underwriting supervisor for job stability, reserves and credit, along with taking the credit score into affect.
3. Prior to Closing
An insurance binder and paid receipt faxed to us will be required at leased five days prior to closing. Be sure to include mortgage clause reading as follows:
4. At Closing
The following will be needed at the time of closing:

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