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This is because both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac only buy loans that are conforming, to repackage into the secondary market, making the demand for a non-conforming loan much less. By virtue of the laws of supply and demand, then, it is harder for lenders to sell the loans, thus it would cost more to the consumers (typically 1/4 to 1/2 of a percent.)
Fannie Mae produced an automated underwriting system (AUS) tool called Desktop Underwriter (DU) which lenders can use to automatically determine if a loan is conforming; Fannie Mae followed this program up in 2004 with Custom DU, which allows lenders to set custom underwriting rules to handle nonconforming loans as well. [64]
For instance, Fannie Mae’s conventional loan guidelines for fixed-rate mortgages dictate that borrowers have a maximum 97 percent loan-to-value (LTV) ratio (meaning they make at least a 3 ...
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are the two largest companies that purchase mortgages from other lenders in the United States. Many lenders will underwrite their files according to their guidelines, but to ensure the eligibility to be purchased by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, underwriters will utilize what is called automated underwriting. This is a ...
An FNMA loan, aka a conforming loan or Fannie Mae-backed mortgage, is a loan or mortgage that has been sold to the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA, or Fannie Mae) — or one that meets ...
A “non-conforming” loan or mortgage doesn’t meet (or “conform to”) the requirements that allow it to be purchased by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. One example of a non-conforming loan is a ...
In the United States, conforming loans that meet Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac underwriting guidelines are limited to a loan-to-value ratio (LTV) that is less than or equal to 80%. Conforming loans above 80% are allowed but typically require private mortgage insurance .
Manual underwriting. The vast majority of conforming loans – those eligible to be bought by Fannie and Freddie – are decided via automatic underwriting. It’s fast, cheap and takes bias out ...