If your mortgage approval is rescinded at the last minute, your purchase could be in jeopardy. Here’s how to fix it. As seen in REW.ca
Q: I’m buying an old house, and the offer subject to financing. But what happens if the bank doesn’t approve the house and my financing falls through at the last minute?
A: If your financing falls through at the last minute, we would advise to get an extension on your subject removal date and not remove subjects until your financing is in place.
When you put an offer to purchase a home, you are saying that you will be buying the home provided all the conditions are fulfilled prior to you giving a deposit. Those conditions are commonly refer to as “subject,” such as subject to inspection, review of the strata minutes, financing, etc. During this time you will do your due diligence along with your real estate agent and mortgage expert via the lender. Prior to putting an offer, you would have been pre-approved or pre-qualified. While the lender might have approved you, they have still not approved the property you are purchasing.
Once you have an accepted offer the lender will issue a commitment letter agreeing to approve your mortgage provided you can fulfill the financing conditions. Some of these conditions include income confirmation, source of down payment, appraisal (if required), and approval of property such as property disclosure statement, strata minutes, Form B, etc. It is critical that the lender reviews and approves all of these documents before removing subjects. There has been cases where the lender has no issues with the borrowers but has issues with the property and therefore will not approve the financing.
When you work with a bank you only have one option, but when you work with a mortgage expert because we have access to multiple lenders if one lender doesn’t approve the mortgage, then we are able to go to another lender. This will save time and stress to the client. We have seen many situation in which the lender is not comfortable with the property so, in order to get financing with other lenders, an extension of one or two days is required to ensure all financing conditions are fulfilled and the client feels comfortable in removing subjects.