My experiences say that they're not very tight at all on financing. On our original purchase, they had our name in the system and we were allowed to make a ressie before we were approved for financing. All they had was our downpayment. Then a few months ago, on a 100 point add-on at BCV, we were allowed to make 11 month ressies there even before we paid our downpayment. Just called our guide and said we wanted to do an add-on, then the next day, called and made ressies at BCV (we wouldn't have been able do that without their approval-it was for 11 months out). They seem pretty confident about approving people for financing-I can't help but wonder how many, if any, get disapproved.