What are some new requirements for home purchase or refinance?

by justin

Question by Yoli: What are some new requirements for home purchase or refinance?
I’ve seen alot of changes in mort. lender requirements;
i.e. 3 months principal, interest, tax and insurance payments seasoned for 3 months in a personal bank account prior to buying or refinancing a home. Verification of rental pmt. history from a property mngmt. co. or cancelled checks for the rent. Collection accounts settled or paid with proof either by letter of coll. co. or a cancelled check, No money orders. Three open and established credit accts. open for at least 24 months and with one being at least 2K high credit limit. A debt vs income ratio of no more than 45%. Adding all minimum credit payments, including mortgage, tax and insurance and dividing them into gross monthly income. Qualifying with bank stmts. in borrowers name using 24 months avg. deposits, no transfers, NSF or direct deposit. Borrowers name on home phone for res., bank acct. with matching address of residence. Business ph# listed with 411, current business lic. What new requirements have you seen?
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Answer by Mr. Knowitall
Not sure if you’re asking this from a consumer standpoint or a mortgage professional standpoint, but several of the criteria that you mentioned are not accurate.
FannieMae loans still do not require reserves, verification of rent, tradelines, payment of collections or a debt ratio less than 45%.
I recently got a loan closed where the borrower had no open tradelines, $ 24,000 in open collections, no rental history, and a debt ratio over 50% and the fixed 30 year rate was below 7%.
So, while I agree that most lenders are tightening their standards, I haven’t seen it to that degree yet.
The criteria that mentioned for bank statements has been around for awhile.

While I appreciate the background information on FannieMae, I have been in the business for over 10 years and I’m familiar with who they are.
99% of all “conforming” (read: good credit) loans are underwritten to their standards/guidelines through their automated underwriting system (Desktop Underwriter) and this system decides what is approved and what is not. FannieMae is not a lender – they’re a GSE (Government Sponsored Enterprise) and they purchase loans.

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