Monday, November 4, 2013

Harder to get a mortgage in 2014

On January 10, 2014 new rules by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will go into effect that limits the borrower's monthly debt payments to 43% of their income.  In addition, the fees lenders can charge on the mortgage origination cannot exceed 3% of the mortgage value.  So what does this mean in the real world?  Its going to be harder to get a mortgage and if you need a small mortgage (lets say $50,000), good luck finding a lender willing to help you if they are limited to 3%.  It wont be worth their time.  Maybe this will get reformed because I would think this would hurt lower income areas where prices tend to be much lower.

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