Housing.com News, Analysis & Opinion: Why shop for a real estate loan online?

This is the first of three articles on the why, which and how of shopping for a mortgage online: why seek a mortgage this way, which sites are the best, and how do you shop effectively?

Shopping for a mortgage online involves finding the best price among the single-lender Web sites that price your mortgage. Online mortgage shopping is not for everyone, as discussed in the last article of this series, but for those properly equipped, it offers numerous advantages

This is the first of three articles on the why, which and how of shopping for a mortgage online: why seek a mortgage this way, which sites are the best, and how do you shop effectively? Shopping for a mortgage online involves finding the best price among the single-lender Web sites that price your mortgage. Online mortgage shopping is not for everyone, as discussed in the last article of this series, but for those properly equipped, it offers numerous advantages Read more "Why Shop for a real estate loan online" by Jack Guttentag -Professor of Finance Emeritus at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania real estate loans