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You may have heard that new mortgage rules have made it more difficult for consumers to qualify for home loans. That’s true for certain borrowers — but not all. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau implemented the controversial “qualified mortgage” rule this year, and lenders say the impact on consumers hasn’t been as severe as feared. Lenders must show that borrowers can repay A qualified mortgage, also known as a QM loan, requires the lender to verify a borrower’s ability to repay. Sometimes it’s called the ability-to-repay rule. A QM loan is presumed to have less likelihood of going into default, and for that reason, the lender gets legal protections. Sky didn’t fall; people are getting loans As the rule was about to be implemented, many in the lending industry said the QM rule would prevent many eligible borrowers from getting mortgages.

“But it’s not nearly as bad as some people thought,” says Pete Grabel, mortgage loan originator at Luxury Mortgage Corp. In Stamford, Connecticut. “We do thousands of loans and I would say in the last six months we’ve had only a handful that was impacted.”. Debt-to-income ratio Debt to income, or DTI, is the share of monthly income that is spent on debt payments, including mortgages, student loans,, minimum credit card payments and child support.

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Their DTI is 38 percent ($3,800 divided by $10,000). Example: Micah earns $3,000 a month. Total monthly debt payments are $1,320. Micah’s DTI is 44 percent ($1,320 divided by $3,000). In fact, it is possible to get a qualified mortgage with a DTI over 43 percent.

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The borrowers who are least affected are those who: • Have stable jobs with W-2s. Download Film Pokemon The Movie 14 Sub Indo. • Collect regular pay stubs. • Need loans for amounts within the conforming loan limit.

Jumbo loans Mortgages above the conforming limit are called jumbo loans. The conforming limit is $417,000 in most places but can go as high as $625,500 in high-cost areas such as San Francisco. “It’s not the disaster that everybody said it was going to be,” says John Walsh, president of Total Mortgage Services in Milford, Connecticut. “But is it preventing some people from getting loans? ” Some borrowers will have difficulty Certain types of borrowers — including self-employed, commissioned employees and those looking for jumbo loans — may have to jump through more hoops or look harder for loans since QM was implemented, Kendall says. “There have been some people who would have possibly been approved (for a mortgage) last year who would not be approved today,” she says. • Jumbo borrowers with high debt-to-income ratios.

• Recently divorced parents. • Self-employed people and business owners. • Salespeople on commission and people emerging from unemployment. Jumbo borrowers with high debt-to-income ratios. If you seek a mortgage over the conforming limit and your DTI is higher than 43 percent, you might have to look harder for a lender.