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Lending 101

Key Loan Terms & Acronyms

Your go-to guide for common loan terms and acronyms!

Advanced Loan Terms

CD – Closing Disclosure

DTI – Debt to Income

FICO – Credit Ratio, Credit Score

GFE – Good Faith Estimate

IO – Interest Only

LA – Loan Amount

LB – Loan Balance

LE – Loan Estimate

Loan Mod – Loan Modification

LTV – Loan to Value

MI – Mortgage Insurance

Pre-Approval – Financial assessment before documentation verification

Approval – Running credit, verifying qualifications

Non-QM – Non-Qualified Mortgage
QM – Qualified Mortgage
Initial Disclosures – Acknowledgment of loan documents before legal binding
CIC – Change In Circumstance
CTC – Clear to Close
4506T – Tax transcript authorization form
Reserve Requirement – Minimum savings requirement by the lender
LOE – Letter of Explanation

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538 4th St,

San Rafael, CA 94901

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1220 Howard Avenue

Suite 250

Burlingame, CA 94010

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