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Preapproved for More

  i am preapproved for a loan for 85000.I have to put 3% down and my real estate agent put a bid in for 82000 wonder were the 3000 went? Wouldn't they put the bid in for the whole loan amount?thank you
 
  I'm not sure what you mean by "my agent put in a bid".  Do you mean that your agent helped you make an offer to pay $82,000 for the property?  Perhaps your agent thinks the place is worth no more than that, or that you might be able to buy it for less that the $85,000.  There's no point in borrowing more if you could buy the place for less, if the seller will accept a lower offer.
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    Edith
Originally published on May 2, 2008
 
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