The mortgage loan data make clear why many fewer mortgages are originated now compared with 2004: Applications for
conventional home loans fell 58 %, from 6.4 million in 2004 to 2.7 million in 2015.
Focusing only on conventional home purchase loans for owner - occupied, one - to four - family dwellings (excluding manufactured homes), originations for
conventional home loans fell 54 %, from 4.1 million in 2004 to 1.9 million in 2015.10
Not exact matches
You don't need the very best credit score to buy a
home, but you will probably need a score that
falls into the good to excellent range if you want a
conventional loan and an attractive interest rate.
Since
home prices went down the
conventional loan limit should also have
fallen.
OFHEO is now wondering how to deal with the
conventional loan limit when
home prices
fall — as they did in 2006.
Default rates for higher priced
homes during normal economic conditions are actually lower than the average default rate for
homes that
fall within the
conventional loan amounts.
a
home loan extended to borrowers with poor credit history or that
fall outside the
conventional or conforming
loan limits set by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.