We will complete a soft inquiry on your credit. This will allow us to confirm qualification, but we will need to complete a hard inquiry when you are under contract because it is required for underwriting. There will be a signed authorization for your hard inquiry.
Please note, hard inquiries (which are required when you are under contract or refinancing) result in excessive unsolicited spam calls, emails and mailers. We do not sell your information. The credit bureaus do. Please go to https://www.optoutprescreen.com/ to limit these calls, but we've received varying reports of its effectiveness and the speed with which the opt out goes into effect.
We may additionally request a wage verification through Equifax's Work Number system or a similar service to verify your income, if your employer reports to Work Number or a similar service.