If Your Loan Officer Says You No Longer Qualify for a Teacher Loan….Read this!
CalHFA Home Loans, CalSTRS Home Loans, Purchase Loans September 25th, 2008Ok, it’s come to the point where I can no longer brush this off as a coincidence. The conversation that I am having over and over again goes something like this…..
“Hi Scott, I am in the process of buying a home and was qualified for a Teacher loan (Extra Credit Teacher Program or CalSTRS 80/17) and my loan officer just told me that the underwriting guidelines have changed and I no longer qualify for this program.
I was doing some research on the internet and ran across your blog. Have there been any changes? I can’t seem to find anything to back up what i’m being told by my loan officer. Please help!”
This is not an actual conversation ver batim but I assure you it’s really, really close!
Here’s what the “other guys” don’t want to tell you - They don’t like to offer these loans because…ok, brace yourself…….drum roll please……..They don’t make a lot of money giving you one of these special loans.
Can you believe it? I know you’re shocked that a loan officer or lender would actually ignore the best interest of their client just to make more money for themselves……Come on Scott, that doesn’t happen.
I know I sound a little irritated and even bordering on hostile as I write this and I guess it’s because I am.
I sincerely hope that you have run across this post because you didn’t take “no” for an answer. I want you to know that although there are often changes in loan qualification guidelines, there have been relatively few changes in these programs.
The reason why there is little information out there about these programs is that lenders and loan officers are not eager to work for a reasonable wage and help a segment of our community that quite frankley does not get enough credit for the contributions you make to society.
Ok, I feel a little better now that I’ve gotten this off my chest. I’ve put together a bunch of resources for you and we hold free web classes regularly to educate teachers, public employees and first time home buyers about these special programs.
Click Here for these valuable resources
There are links all over this site to contact us for more information or you can call my cell phone anytime. I can be reached at 714-336-8286. The office number is 866-667-6724 and anyone here will give you an honest answer and look out for your best interest.















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October 19th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Thank you for posting this info for all to see. I recently applied for a home loan at a major bank that recently bought up countrywide. As we all know homes are still at outrageous prices. I have been looking in West San Gabriel area, where the average/decent(turnkey home) 2bdrm home is over $400,000. I have excellent credit, I’m debt-free and the bank prequalified me for a $270,000 plus 20% down(@$350,000). Where can I find a home at that price???? Unless, I move out to San Bernardino/Riverside Co. then I will be burdened with about a 2 hour commute, pay for additional daycare, because my commute will be so long, less quality time for my family, which will lead to less planning time for the students in my class that are from a low socio-economic community. Wow. I am now hoping that I can find a teacher loan program. It is very disheartening. At times I feel I should have just worked in the private sector, maybe I could get million dollar bonuses for doing a so-so job! (NCLB)No cash left behind.