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Is a 40-year mortgage an unsafe way to go about homeownership in New Jersey?

Posted on December 1, 2020December 3, 2020 by DRA

In the 2010s, twenty year mortgages were common. As housing prices rose, the benchmark became thirty year mortgages. The last five years of climbing housing values have brought about the forty year mortgage for people who simply cannot afford any thirty year formula that a lending institution can provide. Forty year fixed mortgages seem like a reasonable alternative to households with modest incomes and a desire to break into the housing market.

The use of forty year fixed mortgages ground to a standstill when housing values leveled out a year ago. However Fannie Mae has considered the potential value of the concept for the increasing numbers of Americans who cannot afford to buy a home with a thirty year note. The corporation has launched a pilot program with 21 credit unions around the country, helping to make forty year mortgages available by agreeing to purchase forty year fixed mortgages that meet their criteria, just as they do with almost all thirty year mortgages in this country.
New Jersey payday loans online (anti covid-2019), there are many analysts that question the value of this pilot program, simply because the interest rate on a forty year fixed mortgage is going to be higher than a comparable thirty year note. Interest on the forty year loan will be .25 to .375 of a percentage point higher than on a thirty year loan. Real estate professionals are making the point that any savings realized over the life of the loan are erased by the higher interest rate.
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One real estate trade publication ran comparisons on monthly payments for a fifteen year, a thirty year, and a forty year fixed mortgage based on Fannie Mae’s criteria for a conforming loan. With a quarter of a percent difference in interest rates, the savings on the monthly payment was less than one hundred dollars – a payment that hovered around the $2,000 mark on a $360,000 loan. Obviously, with a forty year fixed mortgage you’ll be making payments for ten more years. And the difference in total interest paid over the life of the loans is staggering – almost $200,000.

Forty year fixed mortgages seem to be considered a poor choice for a home purchase; the experts argue that you can do better with a 3/1 or 5/1 ARM. It is important to consider household circumstances on these loans, however. Some people feel they cannot afford to gamble on an adjustable rate and cannot afford or do not qualify for a thirty year fixed rate loan. For those people, the forty year fixed mortgage may be a reasonable answer, if for no other reason than it is the only way they can become homeowners.…

Stated Income Programs

Posted on March 15, 2020December 2, 2020 by DRA

When you go shopping for a mortgage, it has been traditional that the lender request documentation of your assets, your employment and your annual earnings. Lenders would seek verification on these three issues through communicating with your employer, requesting proof of your assets and perhaps reviewing the last few years of your tax returns to establish your annual income.

One of the ways that lenders have sought to make loan packages more attractive is to lower their expectations on documentation. A “stated income loan” is one in which you provide your household income figure to the loan officer and no verification is required. Other information requirements may still require verification. At the very extreme of the range of loan verification types is the “no doc” loan, which requires no documentation of income, of assets or of employment.

Lenders offer loans such as “stated income mortgages” in order to draw subprime borrowers whose income may be due to a recent hire or whose income is erratic – such as the salesman who makes two or three big commissions each year. Naturally, lenders view loans with weaker documentation as riskier. To offset the perceived risk they will counterbalance the lack of documentation with other features such as credit score, the loan type or the down payment.

A stated loan program may be available only for ARMs of a certain type or may require a higher down payment than a loan to a similar borrower who is providing full documentation. The interest rate will be higher than that provided for a fully documented loan to a similar borrower; usually in the neighborhood of .15 to .20 of one percent.

Stated income mortgages are the most common of the loans issued with less than full documentation. The rule for this disclosure component is that income is disclosed and the source of the income is verified, but the amount is not verified. Self-employed borrowers will often choose the stated income program because their tax returns don’t reflect the actual cash flow they have available to pay their mortgage. It has been a traditional requirement for a mortgage seeker to have held the same job for two years. People who have recently changed jobs or been promoted are also good candidates for a stated income loan.

Under stated income documentation, assets must be verified. The borrower must have sufficient assets on hand (cash available) that meets a certain standard such as six months’ stated income and 2 months of expected monthly housing expenses. Under a stated income program, the lender is establishing the borrower’s qualifications for every loan benchmark but income as claimed. It is the least risky of the less-than-full documentation loan options out there and the choice that often makes sense for self employed or commissioned employees, or for newly promoted workers on their way up the career ladder.…

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