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FHA Mortgage loan COMPENSATING FACTORS

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Excerpt: FHA Mortgage loan COMPENSATING FACTORS Compensating factors are factors that give your FHA home loan request that extra push needed for approval. For the  home buyer the FHA program can simplify the purchase of a home, making financing easier and less expensive than a conventional mortgage loan product. Some highlights of the FHA loan program include: Minimal Down Payment and Closing costs. Down payment less than 3% of Sales Price Gifts are allowed Seller can credit up to 6% of sales price towards closing and prepaid costs. 100% Financing available No reserves required. FHA regulated closing costs. Easier Credit Qualifying Guidelines such as:   No minimum FICO score or credit score requirements. FHA will allow a home purchase 1 year after a Bankruptcy. FHA will allow a home purchase2 years after a Foreclosure. http://www.fhamortgagefhaloan.com/ Compensating Factors On FHA home loans where the ratio exceeds FHA guidelines (other that Approved/Eligible findings), the underwriter must list on the MCAW the compensating factors that lead to the approval of the FHA home loan. Any compensating factor used to justify mortgage approval must be supported by documentation. The following are a list of eligible factors per FHA home loan approvals:  A. The borrower has successfully demonstrated the ability to pay housing expenses equal to or greater than the proposed monthly housing expense for the new mortgage over the past 12-24 months.  B. The borrower makes a…

Myths, Pros and Cons of Hecm Reverse Mortgages

First and foremost; the bank does not, nor do they want to own your home. So why do so many people believe this? Prior to FHA getting involved in 1988, the lenders would take an equity position in their Borrowers homes.  That practice has resulted in unfavorable feelings towards today’s reverse mortgages. The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has set the new standards and guidelines for HECM reverse mortgage loans and their involvement has

Choosing the Right Mortgage – Basic Mortgage Terms and Features

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Excerpt: Choosing the Right Mortgage – Mortgage Basics There is an astounding range of commercially available mortgage products, which makes choosing the right mortgage increasingly difficult without a firm grasp of mortgage basics. Here we try to give the consumer struggling to understand the basics of what a mortgage is, how it operates, and what features are right for him or her, the basic terms and distinctions that will allow the consumer facing an all-important mortgage decision – perhaps for the first time – to begin to choose the right mortgage from the thousands of mortgage products available on the market. But a word of caution – there is an incredible range of mortgage products commercially available. Before making a final decision on which mortgage is right for you, it would only be prudent to consult with an experienced and knowledgeable mortgage broker. What Is a Mortgage? A mortgage is a loan – but a loan that is secured, in this instance, against a home and/or piece of land. The person who borrows the money to buy a house is the mortgagor and the person, company or bank etc. who lends the money is the mortgagee. In most instances, the person buying the house will be required to pay some amount, perhaps as little as 5 per cent, as a down payment on the house or property. A mortgage from a commercial or private lender is secured to pay the balance of the purchase price. The mortgagee/lender provides the balance of the money…

Mortgage Plain-talk: What’s the Difference Between “amortization” and “term”?

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Excerpt: There are many stresses associated with home buying – both financial and emotional. And frankly speaking, it doesn’t help that the process comes with its very own foreign language. While your mortgage broker can help de-mystify these terms, it helps to have a bit of a primer on what some of these terms mean. After all, it’s your money and your home we’re talking about; as a Mortgagor, you have a right to understand what you’re reading. (You didn’t know you were a mortgagor? Read on…) We’ll start with Amortization” and “Term”. Both refer to periods of time in the life of your mortgage, and you’ll want to be sure that you understand the difference. The amortization” of your mortgage is the length of time that would be required to reduce your mortgage debt to zero, based on regular payments at a specified interest rate. The amortization period is typically 15, 20 or even 25 years, although it can be any number of years or part-years. You could establish that you are able to make a certain payment each month of say $950 for your $130,000 mortgage at 5.5%. In this case, your amortization period will be just under 18 years. Or you could tell your broker that you’d like to be mortgage-free in just 10 years. With an amortization period of 10 years at the same interest rate, your $130,000 mortgage will cost you about $1,407 per month. That’s a tougher monthly payment, but you would save thousands of…

Millions Rely On Fictional Mortgage Benefit

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Excerpt: Around 3.85 million home owners believe that a non existent state benefit will enable them to keep up with mortgage repayments in the event of losing their income. Almost one in ten home owners wrongly believe that the government will pay their mortgage if they are unable to do so for reasons such as redundancy or illness, according to new research. However, the government will not help anyone with mortgage payments for the first nine months of unemployment and after that, unemployment assistance is only offered to a select group of people who have mortgages of less than £100,000. A further seven per cent of those surveyed by Lincoln Financial Group were not sure whether government assistance is available, and were seemingly unaware that the last Conservative government scrapped state aid in 1995. Ian Noble, head of strategic partnerships at Lincoln Financial Group, said that the figures were a warning that million of Britons are enjoying a false sense of financial security, believing that the government will provide financial assistance if and when required. “That is not the case unfortunately. The government is not going to pay for your mortgage if you lose your job, and assuming that it will place people in real danger is a large risk as it suggests they have no other mortgage protection plan in place,” said Mr. Noble. Indicative of this perhaps is the news that mortgage repossessions are still continuing to rise dramatically, with repossession orders in England and Wales in the first three months of 2006 witnessing…

What are Mortgage Rates Like in Colorado? are They Different?

Colorado mortgage shopper may wonder, while they are shopping around for a loan, if there are different mortgage rates in the state? —? higher or lower than the rest of the nation. The basic answer is no, when you compare rates for mortgages in Colorado to elsewhere.

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Flroida FHA mortgage Lender offers 97% Financing

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Excerpt: FHA Mortgages Purchasing a new Florida home is exciting. Finding the right Florida home for you and your family requires allot work and decision making. However, finding the right FHA mortgage is just as important as finding the right Florida  home.  Many Florida homebuyers take advantage of FHA loans when purchasing a Florida home. Out FHA mortgage website helps Florida homebuyers understand how FHA can help buy a Florida home. An FHA mortgage can be an attractive option to many Florida first-time homebuyers and moving up buyers, as the FHA down-payment requirement can be as low as 3.5 percent. However, you don’t need to be a Florida first-time buyer to take advantage of the low down payment options; the only stipulation is that the Florida homebuyer may only have one FHA mortgage at a time. Florida home buyers and moving up buyers  should know the many advantages of the FHA mortgage programs. FHA loans were created to help increase home ownership. For the Florida home buyer the FHA program can simplify the purchase of a home, making financing easier and less expensive than a conventional mortgage loan product. Some highlights of the Florida FHA loan program include: Minimal Down Payment and Closing costs. Down payment less than 3% of Sales Price Gifts are allowed Seller can credit up to 6% of sales price towards closing and prepaid costs. 100% Financing available No reserves required. FHA regulated closing costs. Easier Credit Qualifying…

FHA Mortgage Qualifying Florida, FHA qualifying is easy……

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Excerpt:    FHA CREDIT Qualifying  ANALYZING THE FHA Mortgage applicants  Credit History  Florida home buyers should know the many advantages of the FHA mortgage loan programs. FHA loans were created to help increase home ownership. For the Florida home buyer the FHA program can simplify the purchase of a home, making financing easier and less expensive than a conventional mortgage loan product. Some highlights of the Florida FHA loan program include: Minimal Down Payment and Closing costs. Down payment less than 3% of Sales Price Gifts are allowed Seller can credit up to 6% of sales price towards closing and prepaid costs. 100% Financing available No reserves required. FHA regulated closing costs. Easier Credit Qualifying Guidelines such as:   No minimum FICO score or credit score requirements. FHA will allow a home purchase 1 year after a Bankruptcy. FHA will allow a home purchase2 years after a Foreclosure. To take advantage of the FHA program in Florida, Visitwww.FHAmortgageFHAloan.com”> www.FHAmortgageFHAloan.com”>www.FHAmortgageFHAloan.com Past credit performance serves as the most useful guide in determining a borrower’s attitude toward credit obligations and predicting a borrower’s future actions. A borrower who has made payments on previous and current obligations in a timely manner represents reduced risk. Conversely, if the credit history, despite adequate income to support obligations, reflects continuous slow payments, judgments, and delinquent accounts, strong compensating factors will be necessary to approve the loan.   When analyzing a…

FHA mortgage Refinancing, FHA mortgage loans, FHA Home loans

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Excerpt: The FHA home loan offers exclusive Florida FHA mortgage refinancing, FHA mortgage rates, FHA refinance loans, FHA fixed mortgage refinance, FHA low equity loans, FHA refinance mortgages, FHA bad credit mortgage, second mortgages, FHA home equity loan modification options and 100% FHA mortgage rates for debt consolidation, fixed loan refinance, cash out and new home financing. FHA Mortgage rates have dropped to 4.5% for FHA fixed rate refinancing loans! Our Florida FHA Lenders report that FHA mortgage refinancing with loans remain the hottest mortgage loan products with conforming and FHA mortgage lenders can offer 103% and 110% FHA refinance loans through the government backed FHA Mortgage program, DU Refinance. Standard FHA home loan refinance with cash options limit FHA Mortgage applicants to 95% LTV and rate and term streamline refinance loans are capped at 97%. Florida home buyers should know the many advantages of the FHA mortgage loan programs. FHA loans were created to help increase home ownership. For the Florida home buyer the FHA program can simplify the purchase of a home, making financing easier and less expensive than a conventional mortgage loan product. Some highlights of the Florida FHA loan program include: Minimal Down Payment and Closing costs. Down payment less than 3% of Sales Price Gifts are allowed Seller can credit up to 6% of sales price towards closing and prepaid costs. 100% Financing available No reserves required. FHA regulated closing costs. Easier Credit Qualifying Guidelines such as:  …

Mortgage “stores” are a Hit With Homebuyers

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Excerpt: Question: “What’s the biggest financial investment most Canadians will ever make?” Okay, that may have been an easy one if you read the headline of this column. For most Canadians, their home is their biggest investment – and their most powerful financial tool. It’s odd – given the importance of the mortgage decision – that many homebuyers will spend much more time deciding on which mutual funds they should invest in… or even which sofa to buy… than on which mortgage will best meet their needs. Times are changing though. Mortgage options are exploding, and Canadians have begun to demand – and receive – better rates, more flexible products and more personal service than ever before. And to get a better look at their growing range of options, more homebuyers than ever are going to a mortgage “store” – and to the professional mortgage brokers who run them. The Ontario mortgage store is a symbol of just how much the mortgage industry has changed since those days when you simply walked into your local bank to apply for a mortgage. Today, one in three first-time Canadian homebuyers choose to work with a mortgage broker, and those numbers are climbing. It’s estimated that in the not-so-distant future, up to 50% of all Canadian mortgages may go through a mortgage broker for their financing needs. Our American neighbours are far ahead of us; almost 70% of all U.S. residential mortgages are now arranged through a mortgage broker. Here in Canada, homebuyers are demanding choice -…