«Prospective home buyers fear the higher rates will make their mortgages unaffordable, especially in today's
already tight credit conditions,» said Rutenberg.
The pending rulemakings for the Qualified Mortgage (QM) and Qualified Residential Mortgage (QRM) rules mandated by the Dodd - Frank Act and the Federal Reserve's recently proposed Basel III international capital standards have the potential to severely restrict
already tight credit and reduce mortgage provider choice over the next several years.
Finally, NAR asked that FHA be flexible and make adjustments to its rule should there be unintended consequences like reduced access to credit in
an already tight credit environment.
Without changes to the calculation of fees and points in determining whether a loan is a QM or not, many borrowers will no longer qualify for a QM loan or have the choices in mortgage finance they have even in today's
already tight credit market.
«We're piling tighter standards on top of
already tight credit standards,» said Laurie Goodman of Amherst Securities Group LP.
Not exact matches
Raymond J. Keating, chief economist at the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council, says the regulations risk choking off an
already -
tight credit market.
But with the Fed looking at more rate hikes and
credit spreads
already near their
tightest levels of the cycle, it's tough to see how liquidity would become much more loose than it was two months ago.
We've
already seen some easing off in
credit growth to the household sector, and this is part of the mechanism by which
tighter financial conditions can be expected to restrain demand over time.
For
credit markets, default rates are low, but extraordinarily
tight credit spreads largely
already reflect that fact.
If you're considering
credit counseling, then you're likely
already in a
tight spot with regard to your
credit.
Her vet has run her blood and several other tests that have come up negative but is fairly
tight lipped on her prospects - We have limited finances, have spent $ 700 on her in the past two days, can't afford any more, and do not have
credit beyond what we
already have (recent circumstances outside our control
already stretched our
credit in the past month - it's too much at once financially).
In other words, under a narrow QM definition, lenders would further restrict home mortgage
credit in what is
already a
tight lending environment because they would be fearful of the severe penalties that would be imposed if they failed to satisfy the ability - to - repay requirement under the more uncertain standards that would apply in the non-QM market.