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by bdhess 631 days ago
What is the check that we need to do for aspiring citizens that wouldn’t interest a lender?

Also, making sure the house is sufficient collateral for the loan is a whole bunch of additional overhead.

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US Citizenship is worth a lot more than a house....
> aspiring citizens that wouldn’t interest a lender

If it was possible the lender doesn't care who you are just your ability and willingness to pay for the loan. The best signals for that is history of repayment combined with cash, salary and collateral.

All other checks are the ones because those signals weren't strong enough and gov requirements for anti AML, good person, etc but those are gov reqs.