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A HomeReady mortgage is a type of conventional loan with a down payment requirement of just 3 percent. ... Fannie Mae is offering a $2,500 credit to HomeReady borrowers with incomes at 50 percent ...
Other guidelines include borrower's loan-to-value ratio (i.e. the size of down payment), debt-to-income ratio, credit score and history, documentation requirements, etc. [3] In general, any loan that does not meet guidelines is a non-conforming loan.
There’s no minimum down payment, mortgage insurance or credit score requirement, but you’ll need to pay a funding fee ranging from 1.25 percent to 3.3 percent at closing.
You may qualify for a conventional loan with as little as 3% or 5% down or for an FHA loan with as little as 3.5% down (though for credit scores below 580, you’ll need 10% down).
Servicers that modify loans according to the guidelines will receive an up-front fee of $1,000 for each modification, plus “pay for success” fees on still-performing loans of $1,000 per year. Homeowners who make their payments on time are eligible for up to $1,000 of principal reduction payments each year for up to five years.
This down payment may be expressed as a portion of the value of the property (see below for a definition of this term). The loan to value ratio (or LTV) is the size of the loan against the value of the property. Therefore, a mortgage loan in which the purchaser has made a down payment of 20% has a loan to value ratio of 80%.
Down Payment Resource: Down Payment Resource, a private company, provides various resources for homebuyers, real estate agents and lenders, including an eligibility and assistance lookup tool. FAQ.
"Over the past decade Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have reduced required down payments on loans that they purchase in the secondary market. Those requirements have declined from 10% to 5% to 3% and in the past few months Fannie Mae announced that it would follow Freddie Mac's recent move into the 0% down payment mortgage market." [153]