Home ownership certainly has an appeal over renting, but it also comes with additional responsibilities. No longer do you have a landlord to call if you have problems with the plumbing, the yard is yours to upkeep, and when you are having trouble with the air conditioning in the hottest part of summer, or when the heater starts acting up right after a blizzard, you don’t have a landlord to call.

This added responsibility is completely moot if you are unable to purchase a house in the first place. Few people are able to purchase a house with personal savings, therefore you will almost certainly have to take out a loan. The prospect of even where to begin to secure a loan can be quite daunting to a prospective home buyer, due in large part to the vast number of types of loans available. The most common type is the conventional loan where the buyer is responsible with coming up with a large deposit, known as the down payment. There are also financing options available for those who are unable to come up with a down payment, and there are even government issued loans for those who qualify. A home loan is most likely going to be the most important piece of finance you ever purchase, so it is important to carefully learn the details.

Again, the conventional loan is the most common type, and is what most people think of when they think of a home loan. This requires good credit on the part of the buyer and a down payment of at least 3%. If you were purchasing a $100,000 home, this would amount to at least $3,000, and this is assuming you have good credit! If you have clean credit, this might be your best bet, but otherwise this might not be the correct loan type for you. Luckily, there are other options.

A couple of the more accepted alternative home loan programs are 100% financing and government loans. One-hundred-percent financing loans are obtainable through the VA, FHA and conventional ways.

The Veteran’s Administration and the Federal Housing Authority both provide 100% financing loans – that means you don not have to make a down payment. But you would pay a price. Both the VA and the FHA believe 100% financing loans high risk and offset that risk with a superior interest rate.

These loans, however, do not represent the total of available options. There are, in fact, many more possibilities, your choice of which will depend completely on how good or terrible your credit is.

If you have good credit but no verifiable income there is a type of loan known as a no income verification loan. Similarly, if your credit is less than perfect, you might consider researching imperfect credit loans, which might allow you to qualify for lower, more competitive interest rates. If you are interested in the amount of money you can reasonably afford to spend on a house, pre-approval programs allow you to do this, even before you have picked out a property. There are also programs specifically targeted to first time homebuyers, as these programs are tailored to prospective buyers with good credit but without a long credit history. Additionally there are loans for new construction which get a fixed interest rate when the home is being constructed, and keeping this loan after purchase. Note: This is only advantageous if interest rates go up after you lock in a rate.

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