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Colorado Springs Mortgage Insight – Help For Home Buyers With No Credit Score

Forward: the Colorado Springs Mortgage Insight is a monthly series of mortgage articles written by local mortgage experts exclusively for our readers, here on Colorado Springs Real Estate Connection.

 
 

Colorado Springs Mortgage Insight – Help For Buyers With No Credit Score
By: Marcy Langlois - Mortgage Loan Consultant/ Vice President of Colorado Capital Bank 

 

About a week and a half ago I received a phone call from a Realtor® wondering if I would be able to help out some of her clients.  This is a scenario that I hear over and over…

These folks are first time homebuyers and have been shopping around for a mortgage. They were kind of discouraged because they had been told several times that they wouldn’t qualify for a mortgage. Not because they had BAD credit, but because they didn’t have
ANY credit. This is a common misconception in the mortgage industry. Many people (including many mortgage lenders) believe that if you don’t have an actual credit score then there is not any financing available. 

Quite the opposite is true.

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‘Springs Realty Scoop Is Moving …

I am phasing out this WordPress platform in favor of my new RSSPieces.com custom blog site.

For a short time, I will be posting a few “lead-in” posts, here, but eventually all posts will be solely at my new site.

The domain name SpringsRealtyScoop.com will also follow over to my new site by the end of the year … but not until I figure a few things out.

So, here is the doorway to our new site:

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Sincerely, Mariana Wagner – Springs Realty Scoop – Wagner iTeam

Colorado Springs Neighborhoods: Kissing Camels

The one place in Colorado Springs where custom home prices can reach almost $2 Million Dollars … Kissing Camels.

Located in the western part of Colorado Springs, Kissing Camels is a manned and gated community that overlooks Garden of the Gods and offers uncompromising views of Pikes Peak and the Rocky Mountains. Nearly every home in Kissing Camels boasts Million Dollar views …

Kissing Camels is located between Fillmore and Garden of the Gods Road, just off Mesa Drive, on the west side of town. Just across from the

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Posted By: Mariana Wagner – Colorado Springs Real Estate

How to Read a Colorado Springs Real Estate MLS Sheet – Part 3: Exterior Amenities

The exterior amenities section of the MLS sheet contain information on the type of house it is, how it was built, as well as garage information and foundation.

The first part deals with the GARAGE:

• Garage # = How many parking spaces are there? (If there is a carport, this number will reflect how many parking spaces there are in the carport.)
• Garage Type= This is a mandatory field and choices include:

Attached	Detached	None
Carport	Available	Tandem 3-Car

• Garage Amenities = This is additional information about the garage.
• Garage Remotes = How many remotes come with the garage. This will give you an idea of whether or not there is an automatic garage door or not.

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  Posted By: Mariana Wagner – Colorado Springs Realtor®

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