Jeff Thomas
August 2010

Combined Loan-to-Value Requirements for Refinance Transactions

August 19, 2010 by · Leave a Comment 

Fairfax-VA.  The ML 2010-24 is guidance for Combined Loan To Value (CLTV) refinance transactions – only. The new policy and guidelines are more restrictive than the old FHA policies guidelines.  In the past FHA policies did not have a restriction on minimum equity limits (LTV and CLTV in loan talk), but Wall Street and the [...]

Federal Housing Administration Reform Act

August 11, 2010 by · Leave a Comment 

Fairfax, VA – The House of Representatives approved the Federal Housing Administration Reform Act.   The purpose of FHAR is to bring stability to the FHA lending program. Currently, FHA loans make up about 30 percent of the loans originated in the US. This is a far cry from early to mid 2000’s when real estate [...]

FHA loans – Changes are here

August 2, 2010 by · Leave a Comment 

Fairfax, VA – With the increased role FHA has taken in the lending world since 2007, FHA has experienced an increase of foreclosures which caused FHA to tighten lending guidelines, increase down payment requirements and institute minimum credit score requirements to qualify for an FHA loan.  Here are some changes that have been made or are on [...]

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