Mortgage Down
Payment Guidelines
The
main thing to remember about mortgage down payment guidelines is that your down payment has to be
"sourced" and "seasoned". What that means is
the mortgage lender wants to verify that your down payment is coming from your funds and they
want to see it in an institution for at least three months.
You
will have to show three months bank statements. If you have $20,000
under your mattress, mortgage underwriting down payment guidelines will not allow you to use it for a down payment.
Exceptions to every rule right? Well, ... FHA down payment guidelines will allow mattress money
if you can prove that you do not use banks for checking and savings
and operate on a cash only basis. (No credit either) There are
a few non-conforming loans that do not source or season the funds.
There are also programs that allow Gifts for down payments
but those funds usually have to be sourced too.
FHA Down Payment Guidelines
FHA requires 3% down payment unless you are using one of the Gift programs.
(Still 3% if it is a gift) Closing cost may be paid by the seller
and/or part of them may be financed in the loan. The LTV can actually
go as high as 97.75%
VA Down Payment Guidelines
VA has a Zero down payment program and closing cost can be paid by the seller.
Conventional Mortgage Down Payment Guidelines
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Require 5% down and sometimes they carry
first time homebuyer programs that only require 3% down.
Non-Conforming Down Payment
It is still possible to get 100% financing in this market. Of course the interest rates are higher because
the risk is higher and these programs are credit score driven.
A score lower than 640 will usually require a down payment and
the lower the score the larger the down payment.
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