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Best first home buying mortgage lenders for renters
When buying your first home, shop around for the best mortgage lender as you transition from renting to owning. Roost looks at first-time buyer programs, rates, and customer experience to recommend the best mortgage lender for you.
Wells Fargo
• VA Loans available
• Jumbo loans available for larger purchases
• Prequalification available
• Min credit score 620
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Quicken Loans
• FHA loans available
• VA Loans available
• Jumbo loans available for larger purchases
• Min credit score 620
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Rocket Mortgage
• FHA loans available
• VA Loans available
• Jumbo loans available for larger purchases
• Min credit score 620
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SoFi
• Fixed rates as low as 5.277%
• Approval can be done entirely online
• Min credit score 620
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Bank of America
• Get prequalified for a loan
• Min credit score 620
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About These Rates: The lenders whose rates and other terms appear on this site are our advertising partners. The interest rates, annual percentage rates, and other terms advertised here are estimates. The monthly payment amounts and APRs shown here do not include taxes and insurance. Lender Fees include application, commitment, underwriting, processing fees or similar fees and do not include most third party fees, such as title insurance, tax service, escrow and other such fees in which the lender does not profit and are passed directly through to the borrower. While we will always do our best to provide you with accurate rate data, rates change frequently, and each advertising partner is responsible for the accuracy and availability of its own advertised terms. Your actual annual percentage rate and loan terms will be determined by the advertising partner’s assessment of your creditworthiness and other factors after you select and apply for a loan product. When evaluating offers, please review the advertising partner’s terms and conditions for details.