it seems that my lender try to harrass me out of the loan. They asked me for same type of documents for at least 3 times. for example, I recieved gift fund from my family, and have send them the copy of clear check from my family, now they're asking me to get bank statements from my family to prove that money did come from them.
and since I have some collection accounts, they want me to call up each creditor to get a statement obtain the amount I need to pay off and will pay off at the cloing date through my title agency.
My question is,
1. am I suppose to do all these?is it normal that the lender doing this to me?
2. is it too late to go to a different lender since the selling contract is due by the end of this month?
I'd really appreciate if somebody could give some tips!!

oddly enough that is pretty common, if the loan rep was prepared they would have asked for all that up front however. If you are running into problems with a time frame just ask the seller or your agent to have it extended for a few days

thanx a lot, that makes me feel a bit better.

Let's look at each problem:

1. Gift Money. If a relative gave you money to help you purchase the home, either to help with the down payment or closing costs, then you need to have a gift letter completed and signed by the person giving you the money. You do not need to have the person's account verified, only yours.

2. Credit problems. Your lender should have run a credit report on you. This report would give them a FICO score which basically is a number that states your credit worthiness. The higher the number the better. If you have problems due to late or missed payments it is then your responsibility to get them cleared up.

If you are not happy with your provide find someone else. I do not know where you are in the contract/home purchase process, this is a major factor that needs to be considered before applying with another institution. But it would not hurt to make some phone calls and inquiries.

im in escrow right now and in the same boat..my lender is asking me for everything which i provided. overall everything is going smooth. but one questions.

i received $10K in gift money from parents for part of down payment..well of course they asked for a gift letter saying where the money came from and from whom etc etc..

now what if im a anti bank person and save all my money in my closet. say i have $20k in cash in my closet saved throughout the yrs.. how can u prove that. what im trying to say is what if my parents gave me $10k in cash and tell the lender i had this money in my closet its mine.

whats stops someone from getting say $50k from family and telling the lender that he or she had saved that $$ and kept it in his or her closet??

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Rockin-

What you are saying is a ridiculous statement. I need to be brutally honest here - come back to the real world. Take the money from your relatives, give the bank the gift letter and then move on. Stop making up fantasy "what if" scenarios. Be happy you have the opportunity to buy a home. Many, many people today are wondering where the money will come from for next month's rent.

slider9499 has a point. Mortgage lenders are in business to make money, and it's a competitive business. They are not going to try to lose your business by offending you intentionally. They just set up rules to do what they can to ensure they won't lose their "assets" by lending to people who won't be able to make the payments.
The rules can be a pain in the neck for you and me, but they protect the lender and, in the long run, they protect all of us from higher interest rates caused by loan defaults.
Fortunately, you only have to do this once.

slider i understand what u r saying and i didnt mean to make it a "what if" statement or a ridiculous statement..what im trying to say is these lenders want to know where the money came from and need documentation. but seriously what if u had saved money for down payment and not kept it in a bank and say here is $20k for down pay in cash...how would u document that.

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no need to badger someone that has a what if question, he is trying to understand the process and the whys of things which is why he is on this bulletin board, now back to the question. the bank basically wants a gift letter as an explanation to the irs, for example if you take over 10k out of a bank they have to report it to the irs. If you have saved 20k over the years under a pillow then put it as a down payment the irs is going to want to know what is going on and question the hell out of you and the mortgage office wants to provide that form as an explanation. if there was no gift letter they just see it as wow this guy just came up with 10 grand out of nowhere whod he steal it from.

rmurray i appreciate your feedback.thks ...so basically what u r trying to say is that it will not work? because im sure theres someone out there with money they saved under their pillow to use to buy a home..and i understand what the irs will think if u just come up with alot of cash...i would think the same. so if their is this person how would they go about documenting that he had saved this money.

i know im getting carried away with this topic but i was thinking this to myself through the process of buying my home and im just curious.