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Freddie Mac’s Home Possible mortgage is for very-low-income and low-income borrowers. In addition to having low down payment requirements and flexible credit criteria , Home Possible lets you ...
Conventional 97 mortgage: This conventional loan, backed by government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, requires just 3 percent down and a minimum credit score of 620.
HomeReady vs. Home Possible mortgages Home Possible is a similar program to HomeReady, but it’s backed by Freddie Mac instead of Fannie Mae. Both loans are designed for lower-income borrowers.
Verification of Income and Employment (VOIE) is a process [1] used by banks and mortgage lenders in the United States to review the employment history of a borrower, [2] to determine the borrower's job stability and cross-reference income history with that stated on the Uniform Residential Loan Application (Form 1003). Lenders require complete ...
Second, the potential lender assesses the prospective home buyer for risk. The analysis of one's debt-to-income ratio enables the buyer to know what type of home can be afforded based on monthly income and expenses and is one risk metric considered by the lender. Other factors, e.g. payment history on other debts, are considered and used to ...
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is an independent federal agency in the United States created as the successor regulatory agency of the Federal Housing Finance Board (FHFB), the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO), and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development government-sponsored enterprise mission team, [3] absorbing the powers and regulatory authority ...
For these programs, the lender pays 2 percent of the required 3 percent down payment for a HomeReady or Home Possible loan — or up to a maximum contribution that varies by lender and loan size ...
These programs include the Government National Mortgage Association (known as Ginnie Mae), the Federal National Mortgage Association (known as Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (known as Freddie Mac). These programs work by offering a guarantee on the mortgage payments of certain conforming loans.