good morning..retiring or not, your current credit and credentials will be assessed now for pre-approval purposes......the only exception might be if you accepted a buy-out from your employer and have a spike in your personal bank account reflecting a large deposit......if not..i would go for a pre-approval with a lender in your area right away....base the housepayment target on what you want to pay after you retire, not neccessarily what you qualify for now.....best regards......bob mcclure- success mortgage partners- plymouth, michigan....

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Lucinda Tkach
Windermere Central
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Tazberry -
There really is more information needed to answer your question. Are you referring to a loan to purchase a home?

If so, it would depend on your debt to income ratios now and after retirement. Most automated underwriting systems will only be asking for paystubs and W2 statements. However, most lenders are at minimum going to do a verbal employment verification if not a full written one. If your employer makes any reference to your pending retirement, the lender will want to have documentation of your retirement income to properly calculate your debt-to-income ratios. If there is no reference to your retirement, you'll probably be fine if you're just using your current income to qualify. If your income is somehow increasing when you start receiving your pension and you are trying to use that higher income to qualify, then you may have a problem.

Your question is not one that is a short, simple answer, but I'd be happy to dive deeper into it so you can have a thorough and correct evaluation of your situation.

Good luck!
Brian Cardenas
President / Mortgage Consultant
Antigua Capital Funding
Email: brianc@antiguacapital.com

Tazberry,

Yes.

But there are circumstances involved...


Stew Keene
Signature Realty Group
2008-2009 Master of Real Estate Award