Not exact matches
This option not only allows you to start a
new mortgage at a lower interest rate, but let's you add additional funds to the borrowed amount — up to 80 %
of your
home's
appraised value.
The lender will disclose to the homeowner the benefits
of the program including
home retention, a
new affordable mortgage based on the current
appraised value, and 10 percent equity.
If a subordinate lien (
home equity loan or line
of credit) will remain in place, the CLTV can not exceed 125 % based on the original
home value if there's no
new appraisal, and 125 %
of the
home's current
appraised value for loans with a current appraisal.
If you have a second mortgage, the lienholder must either write off the loan or re-subordinate it to the
new first mortgage, and write off enough so that the total
of both the
new first mortgage plus the old second mortgage is no more than 115 %
of the
home's current
appraised value.
The VA is a guarantor for refinancing your loan, but the
new loan
value can't exceed the
appraised value of your
home.
Even then, a very skeptical, educated appraiser can come up with
appraised opinions
of values of new homes which fly in the face
of what buyers are paying for same.
Many refinances will let the borrower receive 80 %
of the
home's
new appraised value, while others may allow up to 95 %.
The issue will be especially severe for those who carry a significant mortgage (as a percentage
of the
home value) in retirement, who will be subject to the
new 2.5 % upfront MIP on the entire
appraised value of the property (and even for those whose reverse mortgage financing would be less than 60 %
of the Principal Limit Factor, the
new upfront MIP will be 0.5 %).
Of particular concern to home builders: the impact that appraisals in deals involving foreclosed homes, short sales and distressed real estate has had on the real estate market, particularly when appraisers use these properties as comparables for brand new homes — doing so, brings down the appraised value of the new home unfairly and inaccuratel
Of particular concern to
home builders: the impact that appraisals in deals involving foreclosed
homes, short sales and distressed real estate has had on the real estate market, particularly when appraisers use these properties as comparables for brand
new homes — doing so, brings down the
appraised value of the new home unfairly and inaccuratel
of the
new home unfairly and inaccurately.