The USDA recently published some guidance relative to how student loans should be treated with respect to calculating a Borrower’s monthly expenses. Also, the GSE’s previously changed their policies on how repayments made on student loans are handled in calculating debt-to-income ratios. In addition, HUD/FHA implemented major changes in the way student loan debt is handled when calculating monthly obligations…
Better late than never. The VA has issued their guidance for the disclosure of allowable fees to veterans for a VA guaranteed loan. VA Circular 26-16-11 (Exhibit A & Exhibit B) outlines how a lender should be disclosing allowable fees and charges and how a lender and seller credit should be reflected on the new Closing Disclosure to offset an…
Another shocking news headline! A new report by Trulia claims that the long-standing mortgage interest tax deduction available to all homeowners is mostly a benefit to white male homeowners (Inequality). Women and minorities are not getting the same benefit. The report goes on to show how a larger percentage of whites own homes (almost 63%), with the percent of those…
The good news is that FHA has amended their policy, which I outlined in an August 2015 blog post. That post, was about the GSE’s underwriting policy with respect to borrowers with outstanding student loan debt and highlighted the proposed HUD/FHA new policy (upon implementation of Handbook 4000.1). The policy in August required lenders to calculate a monthly payment for…
Seems people are always looking for shortcuts. Ways to get where they’re going more quickly or make what they need to do much easier. I’ve found that in all too many instances when looking for, and taking, these shortcuts it leads to more trouble than its worth, and it takes more time and effort to get where you want to…
HUD/FHA’s Electronic Appraisal Delivery (EAD) Portal Deadline Approaching The HUD/FHA Electronic Appraisal Delivery (EAD) portal will become mandatory for use by all mortgagees on June 27, 2016. In order to prevent huge disruptions in their FHA loan origination pipeline, “lenders are encouraged to get registered for onboarding to the EAD portal before the effective date”, was the word from HUD…
