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Buy now, pay later: How do mortgage pros deal with ‘phantom debt’?

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Racamato is now orienting his team to look closely at clients’ bank statements to find multiple — and often interest-free — installments of a few hundred or thousand dollars paid to the same company on a biweekly or monthly basis. “And His team is now “scouring” bank statements, and if they see BNPL loans, they ask clients to pay them off.

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UWM rolls out bank statement loans for self-employed borrowers

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United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), the nation’s largest wholesale lender, announced on Wednesday it will accept personal or business bank statements in self-employed borrowers’ loan applications. The post UWM rolls out bank statement loans for self-employed borrowers appeared first on HousingWire.

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3 unique mortgage products to get today’s homebuyer qualified

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Tom Davis, chief sales officer, Deephaven Mortgage Today’s market means that more borrowers have higher debt-to-income ratios, limited access to credit and are looking for alternative ways to get qualified for a mortgage. No traditional income analysis or employment information is required.

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Banking agencies get deluge of feedback on CRA proposal

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Stakeholders on all sides of the issues sounded off on the proposed changes to the federal redlining statute in comments to the banking agencies marshaling the changes. Those agencies oversee banks, and are tasked with ensuring banks do not redline , by enforcing the Community Reinvestment Act.

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First-time homebuyers made up a record share of agency purchase loans in 2023

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The market in which these folks purchased their first home was one of record house prices, ballooning down payments , rising rates and elevated debt-to-income ratios (DTIs). Non-bank servicers did a better job, retaining a little over one in four refinancing borrowers, while bank lenders retained only one in 10.

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Incoming data will dictate future mortgage rate shifts, experts say

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Mohtashami anticipates that the Fed will push a pause on the interest rate hike in the next meeting, as the central bank is counting on credit getting tighter to create job recession. Federal regulators also seized First Republic Bank and sold it to JPMorgan Chase Bank earlier this week.

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Buying a home? Boost your FICO score first

Housing Wire

Pay down some debts (or ask for a credit line increase). If you currently have a high utilization rate (total balance / credit limit * 100), then work on paying down your debts to lower it. You can also ask your credit card company or bank for a limit increase. Avoid new debt. Start with these steps. The main point?