New Rules For Stated Income and No Doc – Connecticut Home Loans
Do you see the dust blowing through the deserted town called Sub-prime mortgageville? If you did not already notice this tibdit of information that I will be giving you then you are in for a surprise. Over the next several months a stated income or no-documentation connecticut home loan will have more hoops to jump through to qualify. The industry as already changed so many of the guidelines regarding these loans that your head could burst trying to keep up with the new guidelines. The new changes even impacted the connecticut home equity loan rates as well. Some of the examples of the changes include; eliminating stated or no doc programs for first time home buyers and requiring substantially higher credit scores for borrowers.
As recently as last year in 2006 connecticut homeowners or potential home owners could qualify for a Connecticut home loan for up to four or five hundred thousand dollars from mortgage banks without verifying their income and with a credit score below 600. From our perspective it appeared that qualifying for a connecticut home mortgage required a pulse and the ability to sign your name. I can never understand how someone who cannot prove their income could qualify for connecticut home mortgage with no money down through 100% financing for their first home purchase with lackluster credit scores in the five hundred range. No one had to tell me that it sounded like a bad idea.
From where I sit it seemed like the mortgage industry as a whole was setting the connecticut homeowners up to lose their homes and continue the poor spending habits that most times contribute to the low credit scores in the first place.
Now in fairness to the mortgage industry, stated income loans have been around for over twenty years and were initially created to provide an option for self-employed individuals who often have challenges gathering income information from several different sources. However, even in the good old days the borrower had to have great credit scores as well as put down a minimum of twenty percent to qualify for a connecticut home mortgage loan using this program. The historical data shows that these programs had a high success rate and minimal defaults on the mortgage payments.
Well, let’s fast forward to 2007 and you can see a very different story. We have record foreclosures in connecticut and many lenders that served a vital role in employment for many areas are now shuttered and boarded up. If you want to hear my earth-shattering advice then here it is: buy a home you can afford with your current income. If proving your income is a challenge for any number of valid reasons then you must have excellent credit and be able to verify your income and then you are the ideal candidate for the stated or no doc program. On the other hand, if you plan to get a stated income or no doc loan because your income is not enough to qualify for the program, then you are driving straight towards the dead end sign that leads to financial demise. You must live a life that is balanced between achieving the American dream as well as preparing for your future.
By: Christoper Rivers
