Our team researched more than two dozen of the country’s most popular personal lenders, including large online companies like SoFi, big banks like Wells Fargo, and peer-to-peer lenders like Upstart.

Shopping for homes is exciting until one needs to secure financing to purchase. Even with savings, most Americans can only buy a house through a mortgage loan. In the fourth quarter of 2022, the US ...

Learn what you need to speed up the approval process Mortgage lenders offer pre-approval letters to buyers they believe can repay their loans. However, unlike mortgage pre-qualification, the ...

To secure mortgage pre-approval, you need to provide documents that show your financial stability, such as a photo ID, recent pay stubs, tax returns, W-2 forms, bank statements, and details of other ...

Reina Marszalek is a senior mortgage editor at Fox Money who has spent more than 10 years writing and editing content. Fox Money is a personal finance hub featuring content generated by Credible ...

Lauren Claxton is a freelance writer with a focus on personal finance and cryptocurrency. She has previously written for Crypto News Australia and was employed as a content writer at Monzi Personal ...

Dana George has a BA in Management and Organization Development from Spring Arbor University. For more than 25 years, she has written and reported on business and finance, and she's still passionate ...

PATCHOGUE, N.Y., Sept. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Is mortgage pre-approval just about checking a credit score? A recent article in HelloNation featuring Contour Mortgage Patchogue Branch’s Matt ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs last week announced it is streamlining the loan approval process for borrowers with a VA-appointed fiduciary and for veteran borrowers who apply for a joint loan.