If you are looking for a home in the outer suburbs or in a rural area make sure your realtor knows about this great USDA 100% financing program. -Up to 100% of the Appraised Value – Total LTV of 102% – -No Down Payment Required -No Cash Reserve Requirement. No cash contribution requirement -Unlimited seller…
Would you like to buy a nice home in the country or an outlying suburb with no money down? Here’s a program that might work for you… It’s called USDA, and here are some details on this program… -Up to 100% of the Appraised Value – Total LTV of 102% – -Difference of sales price…
Hello! I’ve written about this before, but we have more and more people passing the age 62 threshold, so I wanted to show you how to buy a house with a reverse mortgage. I had a borrower that was recently retired, and now living on a fixed income. They owned their home free and clear,…
If you have a conventional loan, and your loan to value ratio is over 80% – you will be paying monthly mortgage insurance to the lender. No one likes paying monthly mortgage insurance. It’s extra money added to your payment every month, and it doesn’t help pay down the balance of the loan. If you…
FHA gift questions come up often. This is where the buyer would get a gift to help in purchasing a home. I wanted to give you a list of acceptable gift donors for FHA gift giving… 1) Borrower’s Relatives. 2) Borrower’s Employer Or Labor Union. 3) A Close Friend With A Clearly Defined…
I wanted to let you know we have a 2% to 5% downpayment and closing cost assistance program called “Homes for Texas Heroes”. If you are in one of the following professions you may qualify for this purchase program: Professional educators, which includes the following full-time positions in a public school district: school teachers, teacher…
I wanted to let you know how the Conforming and Government mortgage programs treat Chapter 7 bankruptcy… FHA: 2 years from discharge date, but not less than 12 months w/extenuating circumstances. VA: 2 years from completion date. USDA: 3 years from discharge date. Fannie Mae: 4 years from discharge date, or dismissal date. Freddie Mac:…
The TSAHC Bond 4% DPA with a 5.75% interest rate is back, but only for homes in targeted areas. This is a 4% grant with a rate at 5.75%. You can find the targeted areas here! https://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=3aa51f6d6c42469ea76be480fc39ffb0&extent=-106.2112,28.2436,-89.9844,36.2151 Example of how this can work: I had a Broker in Dallas that had a borrower that needed DPA…
One of the most important things you will have to do when you apply for a loan is to show that you have the money for the down payment. This is called “sourcing down payment funds”. For instance, the down payment on an FHA loan is 3.5%. You can have this money in your checking…
I’ve covered this before, but I think it’s worth repeating… Before you go out house hunting make sure you have enough money available to get your house closed. …I know it sounds simple, but many people don’t realize the amount of funds they will need available to get into a house. Here is a simple…