Thursday, September 2, 2010

FHA Guidelines on New Jobs

June 28, 2010 by Eleanor  
Filed under FHA Mortgage Loans

Maybe you just graduated from College – or maybe you have been out of work and are so excited because you finally got a job!  YEAH!  You have a new job, and now you want to get a new house! Well – go ahead and buy a house.  If you are getting a FHA Mortgage [...]

FHA Compensating Factors

June 11, 2008 by Eleanor  
Filed under FHA Mortgage Loans, First Time Home Buyer

FHA (and all government underwriting for that matter) is somewhat different from other, more automated systems of loan approval. On an FHA loan you can actually have a real person look at the loan and apply the golden rule – not just a bunch of meaningless stipulations. This is often the difference in making the dream of homeownership a reality… because not everybody has a perfect credit history, with a 20 year job, and 2.3 kids!