If you are thinking of purchasing a new home soon you will need to know how to qualify for a new home mortgage. If you have a good credit history you will find it much easier to get approved for your home loan. If you do not have a good credit report you will have to take some time to build up your credit so that you will be able to get approved for a home mortgage loan in the future.

Good credit is based on your showing responsibility when it comes to paying your bills. And this is all of your bills not just your credit cards. If you do not pay your telephone bills or your electricity on time each month you will find it difficult to get approved for a mortgage loan.

It is next to impossible for most people to buy a home without getting a mortgage loan. Do you have a couple of hundred thousand dollars in the bank right now? Who does? That is why home mortgage loans are so important.

The larger your down payment is the more likely you are to get approved for your mortgage loan. If you have a sizeable chunk of the cost of the house that means that the bank will not have to lend you so much money. The less they have to give you the smaller the risk on their part and this is when you are going to get the loan. Banks do not like to take unnecessary chances so if they are sure they will get their money back you are guaranteed approved.

I personally recommend getting a mortgage quotes froma different lenders which can be found here: www.RateEmpire.com, www.Bankrate.com, www.aimloan.com