You can shop for just about anything online these days, from your groceries to shipping containers-turned-houses. So, when it comes to home buying, it only feels natural for digital natives to crack open the laptop to start shopping for a mortgage.
Once you tell Google you’re in the market for a mortgage, oodles of comparison sites will pop up, eager to get to know you better with icebreakers like “what’s your credit score?”, “where are you looking to buy?”, and “what’s your price range?” Think of these as mortgage matchmaker sites, many of which are financially incentivized to link you with a lender.
Since purchasing a home is likely the biggest financial move you’ll make, how can you know which sites can be trusted? Also, how accurate are they?
First things first, before you feed the sites any information, scour their footers and legal terms to make sure they have permissions or licensing to act as a lead generator. Pass over the ones that want your contact information right off the bat before even asking if you want to be connected to a lender. (Rude, right?)
To help debunk more mysteries behind mortgage comparison sites, real estate experts share their best tips for navigating them:
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