First Time Home Buyer Louisville Kentucky Mortgage Programs
Conventional Insured by approved mortgage insurance company. Minimum credit score of 620 or better. Monthly mortgage insurance premiums based on credit scores and down payment and can vary.
VA Guaranteed by the Veterans Administration for qualified military veterans. No down payment if the property appraises for the sale price or greater. Credit underwriting is flexible. No Minimum credit score for VA loans, but lenders will create overlays to protect their selling ability to VA for delinquent mortgage loans sold to VA. A lot of VA lenders want a 620 credit score, with some going down to 580, and a few will do down below that but very difficult to get approved with a VA lender. No monthly mortgage insurance payments are required, however they're upfront funding fees that range anywhere from 2.1% to 3.3% based on previous use or first time use of VA eligibility to buy a home, or if you are disabled, you may have not to pay this at all.
The VA Certificate of Eligibility will show if you have to pay a funding fee to VA or if you are exempt.
RHS Guaranteed by Rural Housing Services (RHS). Home must be located in a rural area as defined by RHS. No down payment if the property appraises for the sale price or greater. Minimum credit
score of 581. Most Kentucky USDA Lenders will require a much higher credit score, usually 640 or higher, with s few going down to 620 credit score. USDA loans have a monthly mortgage insurance premium of .35% and a upfront mortgage insurance 1% that is financed into the loan. For example, if you finance $100,000 sales price USDA loan, going no money down, then your total loan amount with 1% USDA Guarantee Fee would make the total loan $101,000.00 These premiums are kept by USDA and protect their risk of offering no money down loans to rural home buyers in case they default. They are very cheap mortgage insurance premiums when compared to FHA but can change at any time based on the fiscal condition of the rural development program.
I remember back in the foreclosure crisis of 2008, USDA raised their upfront mortgage insurance premiums to 3% because of all the losses the program incurred with the foreclosure of homes during that period. Subsequently, when the housing market improved, they reduce their mortgage insurance premiums.
KHC ELIGIBILITY AND CREDIT STANDARDS OVERVIEW
(Not intended to be an all-inclusive list.)
Home Buyer Eligibility
• KHC can help both first time and repeat
home buyers statewide.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or legal status to be in
U.S.
• Applicant’s income ONLY through Secondary
Market.
• Property must be the borrower’s principal
residence.
• Any Borrower that meets both the income
and purchase price limit can have access to
Down Payment Assistance.
Kentucky Housing Credit Standards
• 620 minimum credit score required for FHA,
VA, & RHS.
• 660 minimum credit score required for
Conventional.
• Debt ratios: 40/50%
• Collections in most cases do not need to be
paid-off in full.
• Bankruptcies and foreclosures must be
discharged two to seven years.
• Non-taxable income can be grossed-up.
Property Eligibility
• Both new and existing property.
• Both new & existing Manufactured Housing.
• With RHS only new construction
Manufactured housing is allowed.
• Purchase price limit of $301,294 for
Secondary Market or $271,164 for Tax
Credit.
• Full appraisal required on all KHC loans.
• With Existing Property, VA is the only loan
product that requires a termite inspection.
• A termite soil treatment certificate is required
on ALL new construction properties except
on conventional loans.
The state agency created by the legislature in Kentucky to offer first time home buyer programs is the Kentucky Housing Corporation. Here is a summary of the current first time home buyer programs that are offered:
Call us today for a free pre-approval at 502-905-3708 or email your mortgage questions to kentuckyloan@gmail.com
--
Company ID #1364 | MB73346
Joel Lobb
Senior Loan Officer
Senior Loan Officer
(NMLS#57916)
text or call my phone: (502) 905-3708
email me at kentuckyloan@gmail.com
email me at kentuckyloan@gmail.com
The view and opinions stated on this website belong solely to the authors, and are intended for informational purposes only. The posted information does not guarantee approval, nor does it comprise full underwriting guidelines. This does not represent being part of a government agency. The views expressed on this post are mine and do not necessarily reflect the view of my employer. Not all products or services mentioned on this site may fit all people. NMLS ID# 57916, (www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org). Mortgage loans only offered in Kentucky.
All loans and lines are subject to credit approval, verification, and collateral evaluation and are originated by lender. Products and interest rates are subject to change without notice. Manufactured and mobile homes are not eligible as collateral.
