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When searching for a home loan, can I get two or more mortgage brokers to search for the best rate for me and at the end just choose the one that found the best rate?

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Can you? Sure. You run the risk of having two different hard inquiries on your credit report. You also set yourself up to burn some number of hours of someone's time with not chance you'll actually use their service. Some would dismiss this as "shopping around." It depends how much work they actually do for you. – JoeTaxpayer Feb 15 at 4:46
@JoeTaxpayer What is a hard inquiry? and what would be the problem o having them in your credit report? – Peretz Feb 15 at 5:04
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@Peretz Here is a basic definition of a hard pull. I would recommend calling a bunch of brokers for rate quotes, learning all you can, then choosing one to go forward with. – Steven Feb 15 at 16:12
@Steven Since the rates fluctuate all the time until you lock in the rate, when would it be the best time to start looking for quotes? is it when you have already found the house that you want and agreed upon a price? how much time do I have? – Peretz Feb 15 at 16:21
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