After you have considered your options and selected a loan, you may want to obtain a written rate lock or lock-in agreement from the lender or broker. A rate lock or lock-in agreement is a written agreement that guarantees you ...
Your lender has to disclose your final interest rate again only if it changes. After you applied for a mortgage, you should receive a Good Faith Estimate (GFE) that indicated the interest rate the GFE was based on. If you locked your ...
The rate lock period listed on the Important Dates section of your GFE tells you how long you have, after you lock your interest rate, to go to settlement. If you do not go to settlement on your loan by ...
If you obtained your loan after January 1, 2010, the following items listed on the Good Faith Estimate (GFE) CANNOT increase: The Origination Charge listed in Block 1 If your interest rate is locked, the Credit or charge (points) for ...
If you have a rate lock agreement, then your interest rate cannot change. You will probably have to pay a fee to lock your rate and the rate lock agreement is usually separate from the Good Faith Estimate (GFE). Unless ...