Hard Money Lending Basics

Who Pays Closing Costs, and How Long Do Owner-Occupied Loans Take?

Closing costs are paid by the borrower, and every one of them is disclosed before you sign anything.

What is in your closing costs

  • Third-party costs: escrow, title insurance and recording, paid to those companies
  • NWPL origination fee: 3 points (3% of the loan amount), $2,500 minimum
  • NWPL loan document fee: $650 on non-owner-occupied loans, $850 on owner-occupied loans in Oregon and Idaho

There is no underwriting fee, no prepayment penalty and no extension fee on a performing loan. What you see is what you pay.

Owner-occupied loans in Oregon and Idaho

We make hard money loans on primary residences in Oregon and hard money loans on primary residences in Idaho. Owner-occupied loans typically close in 7–10 business days, a few days longer than our 3–5 day investor loans, because loans on a home you live in carry added consumer disclosures and review. They are generally written for 5 years, with free extensions when the loan is in good standing at maturity.

Homeowners use owner occupied hard money loans in Oregon and Idaho for a hard money refinance when a bank says no, for cash-out hard money loans against the equity in their home, or to buy before their current home sells. In Washington we make business-purpose loans on non-owner-occupied property only.

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