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Streamlined Mortgage Application - Bank of America Digital Mortgage Experience™ The Bank of America Digital Mortgage Experience™ puts you in control of the mortgage application process. Apply online for a new mortgage or refinance your existing home today! https://www.bankofamerica.com/content/images/ContextualSiteGraphics/HomeLoansArt/en_US/digital-mortgage-experience-video.png https://www.bankofamerica.com/content/images/ContextualSiteGraphics/HomeLoansArt/en_US/digital-mortgage-experience-video.png INT. KITCHEN – DAD'S HOUSE - DAY A DAUGHTER sits at a kitchen table with her TABLET. (VO): Applying for a mortgage doesn't have to be stressful… Father comes to doorway Father: Hey honey. Want that house we better get movin. Daughter looks up. Daughter: Okay Dad…I'm already on it. Close Up of Daughter navigating contract for a property screen on tablet. She hits, yes I already have a contract with the seller. Screen changes to Sign in and we see her sign in. (VO): Bank of America's Digital Mortgage makes it simple and easy to apply for your mortgage online and on your time. Father enters room with file folders and label maker. Father: You're gonna need these. We have a lot of stuff to print out. Daughter looks up at Father as he leaves and laughs. (VO): Reduce paperwork and save time every step of the way. Daughter holding tablet reviews monthly payment options and selects lower monthly payment option with slider tool and then lower closing costs. VO): You can review loan options and select features that matter to you…ranging from lower closing costs to lower monthly payments. Father yells from other room while daughter is still working on tablet. Father: (VO): I can't find my car keys. Have you seen them? Daughter closes out of application. Daughter: I'll be right there. and turns off tablet and leaves it on table as she leaves. (VO): At any point, you can save your application for later. INT. LIVINGROOM – DAD'S HOUSE - DAY Father looking through desk draw. Daughter enters with keys. Daughter: Found them! Father: Oh great. Let me grab my coat, we'll run to the bank and see what they have to offer. Close Up of Daughter. Daughter: No need to Dad, we're good. Close Up of Father. Father: Honey the rates are low right now we should try to lock it in if we can. Daughter pulls phone out of pocket and starts to log into app as she leaves. Daughter: We can do it right now. Dad follows her. Dad: What? Daughter and Father sit on couch. (VO): Pick up where you left off even on a different device and… Daughter holds up phone and Do you want to lock your rate? Is on the screen. She touches Lock in my rate and Loan summary screen loads (VO): Lock your rate to avoid the risk of rising rates, or leave it open and lock later. Father looks at screen. Daughter touches lending specialist button. Dad: Alright but what if you have questions? Daughter: I can talk to a lending specialist if I want. Dad: Oh, I see. Daughter finishes transaction on the phone while father watches. (VO): You're in control every step of the way. Daughter taps screen. Daughter leans her head on Father's shoulder. Daughter: We're all set. Dad: Well, that's it. Daughter: That's it. Dad: Wow, your first house. That really is something. Daughter: I couldn't have done it without you Dad. INT. KITCHEN – DAUGHTER'S HOUSE - DAY DAUGHTER and two friends unpack boxes. Father enters with a pizza. (VO): When life gets complicated, Bank of America helps keep it simple. Apply for your Mortgage online today. https://bcove.video/2EkMqUf 2018-05-15 182 325 T1M36S

Knowing more about home loans can help you better manage your financial life.

Understand your mortgage options

Understand your mortgage options

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Read more about common mortgage types

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Prequalify for your dream home, or submit your application through the Bank of America Digital Mortgage Experience™. We help make the process easy and simple.

Visit our Real Estate Center to search for homes and find home values.

Work with a specialist

Our experienced lending specialists — rated 4.9 stars out of 5 on Zillow as of 9/20/18 by thousands of customers like you — will help you every step of the way.

Prepare for closing

Securely upload and e-sign documents using the Home Loan Navigator®.

Keep up to date on the status of your application and view any action items throughout the process.

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Refinancing to a fixed rate

Refinancing to a fixed rate

Switching from an adjustable-rate mortgage (or ARM) to a fixed-rate mortgage is one of the most common reasons to finance.

Learn more about a fixed-rate refinance loan

Learn more about a fixed-rate refinance loan

Refinancing to lower your monthly mortgage payment

Before you decide if refinancing is the right choice for you, take a look at some of the details.

Learn how refinancing may lower your monthly payment

Learn how refinancing may lower your monthly payment

Should you refinance or take out a home equity line of credit?

If you're interested in borrowing against your home's available equity to pay for other expenses, you have choices.

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Read about cash out refinance vs. home equity

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Your home loan made easy

Start online

Prequalify for your dream home, or submit your application through the Bank of America Digital Mortgage Experience™. We help make the process easy and simple.

Work with a specialist

Our experienced lending specialists — rated 4.9 stars out of 5 on Zillow as of 9/20/18 by thousands of customers like you — will help you every step of the way.

Prepare for closing

Submit your documents securely online using the Home Loan Navigator®.

Keep up to date on the status of your application and view any action items throughout the process.

Visit our home loans overview page to explore your refinance options.

What is a home equity line of credit (HELOC)?

What is a home equity line of credit (HELOC)?

A HELOC is a revolving line of credit that you can use for large expenses or to consolidate higher-interest rate debt.

Read more about a home equity line of credit

Read more about a home equity line of credit

Evaluating the available equity you have in your home

The more equity you have, the more refinancing options may be available to you.

See how equity affects your refinancing options

See how equity affects your refinancing options

Should you refinance or take out a home equity line of credit?

If you're interested in borrowing against your home's available equity to pay for other expenses, you have choices.

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Learn about borrowing against your home’s equity

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Your home equity line of credit made easy

Start online

Submit your secure application online — there’s no fee and no obligation, and it only takes about 15 minutes. Start your application now.

Work with a specialist

Our experienced specialists will help you every step of the way – and if you decide that predictable monthly payments for a fixed term is best for you, they’ll help you with a Fixed-Rate Loan Option.

Complete the process

Save time and securely upload documents online. If approved, you can enjoy the convenience of closing at a financial center financial center of your choice. After that, you can easily access your new home equity line of credit as
you need it.

Visit our home loans overview page to see what home equity can do for you.

Bank of America’s Digital Mortgage Experience™ puts you in control. Apply for a new mortgage or refinance your current home with customized terms that meet your needs. See for yourself.

Applying for a mortgage

doesn’t have to be stressful.

Hey honey. Want that house we better get moving.

Okay Dad, I’m already on it.

Bank of America’s Digital Mortgage makes it

simple and easy to apply for your mortgage online

and on your time.

You’re going to need these. We have a lot

of stuff to print out.

Reduce paperwork and save time every step of the

way. You can review loan options and select

features that matter to you, ranging from lower

closing costs to lower monthly payments.

I can’t find my car keys. Have you seen them?

I’ll be right there.

At any point, you can save your application for later.

♫ ♫ ♫

Found them!

Oh great. Let me grab my coat, we’ll run to the bank

and see what they have to offer.

No need to Dad, we’re good.

Honey the rates are low right now we should try to

lock it in if we can.

We can do it right now.

♫ ♫ ♫

What?

Pick up where you left off even on a different device

and lock your rate to avoid the risk of rising rates,

or leave it open and lock later.

♫ ♫ ♫

Alright but what if you have questions?

I can talk to a lending specialist if I want.

♫ ♫ ♫

Oh, I see.

♫ ♫ ♫

You’re in control every step of the way.

We’re all set.

Well, that’s it.

That's it.

Wow, your first house. That really is something.

I couldn’t have done it without you Dad.

When life gets complicated, Bank of America helps

keep it simple. Apply for your Mortgage online today.

♫ ♫ ♫

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Narrator: Applying for a mortgage doesn’t have to be stressful…

Father: Hey honey. Want that house we better get movin.

Daughter: Okay Dad…I’m already on it.

Narrator: Bank of America’s Digital Mortgage makes it simple and easy to apply for your mortgage online and on your time.

Father: You’re gonna need these. We have a lot of stuff to print out.

Narrator: Reduce paperwork and save time every step of the way.

Narrator: You can review loan options and select features that matter to you…ranging from lower closing costs to lower monthly payments.

Father: I can’t find my car keys. Have you seen them?

Daughter: I’ll be right there.

Narrator: At any point, you can save your application for later.

Daughter: Found them!

Father: Oh great. Let me grab my coat, we’ll run to the bank and see what they have to offer.

Daughter: No need to Dad, we’re good.

Father: Honey the rates are low right now we should try to lock it in if we can.

Daughter: We can do it right now.

Dad: What?

Narrator: Pick up where you left off even on a different device and lock your rate to avoid the risk of rising rates, or leave it open and lock later.

Dad: Alright but what if you have questions?

Daughter: I can talk to a lending specialist if I want.

Dad: Oh, I see.

Narrator: You’re in control every step of the way.

Daughter: We’re all set.

Dad: Well, that’s it.

Daughter: That's it.

Dad: Wow, your first house. That really is something.

Daughter: I couldn’t have done it without you Dad.

Narrator: When life gets complicated, Bank of America helps keep it simple. Apply for your Mortgage online today.

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Connect with a lending specialist:

NMLS ID:

Get a call back layer

Get a call back from layer

Schedule an appointment

Change lending specialist

Find another loan officer to help you with a mortgage refinance.

Enter City or ZIP

Connect with a lending specialist

Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-10 p.m. ET
Sat. 8 a.m.-6:30 p.m. ET

Get a call back layer

Get a call back from layer

Schedule an appointment

Connect with a lending specialist:

NMLS ID:

Get a call back layer

Get a call back from layer

Schedule an appointment

Change lending specialist

Find another loan officer to help you with a mortgage refinance.

Enter City or ZIP

Connect with a lending specialist

Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-10 p.m. ET
Sat. 8 a.m.-6:30 p.m. ET

Get a call back layer

Get a call back from layer

Schedule an appointment