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Conforming, FHA loan limits rose for 2024, but who benefits? 

Housing Wire

The self-employed homebuyer found an $800,000 home in Texas, but with the conforming loan limit for 2023 being $726,200, the buyer needed a jumbo loan or a bank statement loan. Those loan types would require a larger down payment of at least 10% of the home’s value, or $80,000, which would stretch his budget too thin.

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As mortgage rates near 8%, loan originators target first-time homebuyers

Housing Wire

But LOs who cater to first-time homebuyers’ needs – offering FHA loans and down payment assistance loans — are faring better, Michael Ullmann, producing branch leader at Movement Mortgage , explained. “So It was a similar story for Steve Miller, branch manager and senior loan officer at Embrace Home Loans.

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Housing authorities and lenders added 54 homebuyer assistance programs in Q3: report

Housing Wire

For this reason, many programs now allow funds to be used for buydowns and other popular financing strategies that take the edge off of monthly mortgage payments,” Rob Chrane, founder and CEO of DPR, said in a statement. Buydowns have become a preferred financing strategy for borrowers as mortgage rates have surged.

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FHA does a solid for mortgage credit rejects. Will it move the needle for loan officers?

Housing Wire

Demand for FHA loans have risen over the past year to comprise 23.8% The FHA/VA share in Q2 2023 stood at 22.9% of the entire mortgage origination volume, up from 18% in Q2 2022, according to data compiled by Inside Mortgage Finance and Urban Institute. to qualify for a FHA loan.

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How loan originators survived a cutthroat mortgage business in 2023

Housing Wire

In his 20 years in mortgage banking, no year has compared to 2023 in terms of difficulty, said Ben Cohen, Guaranteed Rate ’s managing director and a top-producing loan officer. About half of Ullmann’s production in 2023 came from VA and FHA loans as well as mortgages that require down payment assistance.

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Nevada governor urges Biden to act on affordable housing

Housing Wire

Lombardo cited data from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis that compares the median home price in Nevada at the time Biden took office ($342,995) to the figure as of January 2024 ($460,000), and illustrated increases in monthly payment obligations for Federal Housing Administration (FHA) borrowers. Utilizing a 3.5% A record 1.7

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FHA Loans and Down Payment Assistance: Making Homebuying Affordable

HomeLight

The FHA backing lets lenders offer easier credit terms than non-FHA loans. FHA loans are especially important for first-time buyers. In 2020, only about 10% of all home loans were FHA-backed, according to the agency’s annual report. But more than 80% of those FHA borrowers were first-time homebuyers.