New Kentucky FHA Mortgage rules starting June 2015

New Kentucky FHA Mortgage rules starting June 2015

CAVIRS

Old Rule – Federal debt makes borrower ineligible

New Rule – VERIFIED federal debt makes the borrower ineligible

Part-Time Income

Old Rule – Underwriter discretion allowed when received less than 2 years

New Rule – Two years uninterrupted part-time income is required. Average income over prior 2 years or use 12-month average of hours at the current pay rate if the lender documents an increase in pay rate.

Rental Income on Retained Primary Residence
Old Rule – Rental income may be counted when relocating outside of reasonable commute distance for job and borrower has 25% equity.

New Rule – Rental income may be counted when relocating and the new residence is at least 100 miles from previous residence. If no history of rental income since the last tax filing, borrower must have 25% equity.

Non-taxable income

Old Rule – Gross up using tax rate evidenced on last tax return. If borrower did not file a return, use tax rate of 25%.

New Rule – Gross up using the greater of 15% or actual tax rate. If borrower did not file a tax return, use tax rate of 15%

Installment Debts Less Than 10 Months

Old Rule – May be excluded from ratios. If manual underwrite—may be excluded if debt will not affect ability to pay the mortgage.

New Rule – May be excluded ONLY if—they have cumulative payment of less than or equal to 5% of the borrower’s gross monthly income AND the borrower may not pay the debts down to achieve this percentage.

Multiple FHA Loans

Old Rule – If relocating for employment, borrower may obtain a second FHA loan for a new principal residence if current residence is more than a reasonable commute to new residence.

New Rule – If relocating for employment, the commuting distance between the old residence and new residence must be more than 100 miles.

source

http://www.mortgagetalkingpoints.com/2015/04/7-major-fha-rule-changes-eff-june-15-2015/

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How Can I Pay Off My Mortgage Faster? Basic Concepts-----Louisville Kentucky Mortgage Refinance

How Can I Pay Off My Mortgage Faster? Basic Concepts

A 30 year mortgage, if paid monthly, is about 60% paid off in 24 years. If the borrower makes one extra monthly payment per year on a 30 year mortgage, the entire mortgage is paid off in 24 years. That's six years of vacations, helping your children with college, or bolstering your retirement accounts.
To understand this, let's look at how your mortgage payment is determined. We'll use a $200,000 mortgage at 6.0% for our example.

• The monthly payment would be $1199.10.
• The interest payment is $200,000 * .06 = $12,000/ 12 months = $1000
• The principal payment would be $199. That's right. After one month you will have paid $1199.10 and your balance will have gone down $199.
• A lower principal balance = a lower amount of interest. Each month the amount of interest paid goes down and the amount of principal paid goes up.
• Anything extra

But who has an extra $1200 to make that extra payment? You do.

Call me today for your free refinance mortgage analysis..Rates are low and it is time to refinance

 I can be reached locally at 502-905-3708 or email me your questions to kentuckyloan@gmail.com

Kentucky FHA Mortgage Rates | Buying down your mortgage rate, and “2-1 buy-down.”

Kentucky FHA Mortgage--Pay points to buy down rate : What t is the difference

Gina Pogol
October 19th, 2010

If you spend much time reading about Kentucky FHA mortgages, you come across two terms: “Buying down” your mortgage rate, and “2-1 buy-down.” They sound similar, but they are completely different concepts.
Buying down your mortgage rate
This simply means getting a lower interest rate by paying higher fees. For example, you might be able to get a 30-year mortgage with a 5% interest rate at no cost — no loan fees, no appraisal fees, no nothing. Or you might be offered 4.5% with standard fees. But what if you want 3.5%? You’d have to pay extra — that extra cost is in the form of what are called “discount points.” Each point is one percent of the loan amount, and gets you a discount on your mortgage rate. It might cost you several extra discount points to lower your mortgage rate by a full percent.
Should you pay extra to lower your mortgage interest rate?
It depends on how much it costs and how long you expect to keep the mortgage. An Kentucky FHA mortgage calculator can help with this. For example, if you take out a $300,000 mortgage with no points at 4.75% and expect to keep you home for five years, does it make sense to pay points? A point costs you $3,000, and if it lowers your mortgage rate to 4.5%, the difference in your monthly payment is $45 ($1,565 – $1,520).  In five years, you would have saved $2,700. It doesn’t make sense to pay $3,000 to save $2,700. So what if you shop around for better Kentucky FHA mortgage rates and find a better lender that will drop your rate to 4.25%  for that same $3,000? Your new monthly payment is $1,476, your monthly savings increases to $89, and your savings over five years increases to $5,340. It may then be worth buying your rate down.
The 2-1 buydown
Mortgage rate buydowns are a different story. The FHA 2-1 buydown gets you an interest rate that is lower than the going rate for the first couple of years. So if the market rate on a 30-year mortgage is 4.75%, your interest rate the first year would be 2.75%, the second year it would be 3.75%, and then it would be 4.75% from year three on out. But it’s not like the lender just gives you that sweet deal for nothing. Rate buydowns require that you pay the difference upfront.
Huh?
Yep. Here’s an example of how the cost of a buydown is calculated.
Example: Standard 30-year Kentucky FHA Loan
$100,000 loan amount
8% interest rate = $8,000 a year in interest.
With the 2/1 buy-down the transaction would be as follows:
$100,000 loan amount
1st. year = 6% Interest rate = $6,000 in interest, a savings of $2,000
2nd. year = 7% interest rate = $7,000 in interest, a savings of $1,000
So the lender would charge you $3,000 now for the privilege of saving $3,000 over the next two years.
This is slightly oversimplified because the calculations are a bit more complicated, but it’s pretty much how it works. So unless you can get your seller to pay for it, there is little advantage in the 2-1 buydown for you.
The difference between buying your rate down and a 2-1 buydown is that the 2-1 won’t ever save you more than you pay for it. Buying your rate down can potentially save you more than the cost of the points.

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For a Quick Easy Loan Approval:Have These Items Ready When You Apply For a Loan

For a Quick Easy Loan Approval:


Have These Items Ready When You Apply For a Loan

•Income Items

◦W2 forms for the last two years

◦Most recent pay stubs covering a 30 day period

◦Federal tax returns (1040's) for the last two years, if:

■you are self-employed

■earn regular income from capital gains

■earn sizable interest income, etc.

■earn more than 25% of your income from commissions or bonuses

■own rental property

■or are in a career where you are likely to take non-reimbursed business expenses).

◦Year-to-Date Profit and Loss Statement (for self employed)

◦Corporate or Partnership tax returns (if you own more than 25% of the business)

◦Pension Award letter (for retired individuals)

◦Social Security Award letters (for those on Social Security)

•Asset Items

◦Bank statements for previous two months (sometimes three) on all accounts. All pages, even if you don't think them important.

◦Statements for two months on all stocks, mutual funds, bonds, etc

◦Copy of latest 401K statement (or other retirement assets because they can count as reserves)

◦Explanations for any large deposits and source of those funds

◦Copy of HUD1 Settlement Statement on recent sales of homes

◦Copy of Estimated HUD1 Settlement Statement if a previous home is for sale, but not yet closed

◦Gift letter (if some of the funds come as a gift from a family member - the lender will supply a blank form)

◦Gifts can also require:

■Verification of donor's ability to make the gift (bank statement)

■Copy of the check used to make the gift

■Copy of the deposit receipt showing the funds deposited into bank account or escrow

◦Note: many get their statements of various kinds over the internet and these are not always acceptable to lenders, especially when the printed version does not contain the borrower's name, account number, and the name of the institution.

•Credit Items

◦Landlord's name, address, and phone number (if you rent - for verification of rental)

◦Explanations for any of the following items which may appear on your credit report:

■Late payments

■Credit inquiries in the last 90 days

■Charge-offs

■Collections

■Judgments

■Liens

◦Copy of bankruptcy papers if you have filed bankruptcy within the last seven years

•Other

◦Copy of purchase agreement (if you have already made an offer)

◦To document receipt of child support (if you desire to show it as income)

■Copy of Divorce Settlement (to show the amount)

■Copies of twelve months canceled checks to document actualreceipt of funds

•FHA Loans

◦Copy of Social Security Card (or other documentation of social security number)

◦Copy of Driver's license

•VA Loans

◦Copy of DD214

•Refinances

◦Copy of your most recent monthly mortgage bill

◦The following cannot hurt to have ready, but are not as necessary as they once were:

Copy of Note on existing loan

Copy of HUD1 Settlement Statement on existing loan


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