Tuesday, July 7, 2009

FHA loan guidelines

When you apply for FHA loan to buy a home, there are certain guidelines that you must meet. Among them most important are your relative mortgage amount and your income. FHA does not want that your mortgage payment (includes principal, interest, taxes) to be more than 31% of your gross income and also your monthly debt obligation including mortgage should be not more than 43% of your income.

You must collect all information and put them in a file send it to an underwriter. The underwriter decides whether you are approved or rejected after reviewing your file. You should understand what are the important information that you must include in your file.

SOME OF THEM ARE:

  • Social Security Number
  • Address of your residences for the past two years
  • Information of your employer for the past two year
  • Current gross income
  • Complete information about your bank accounts
  • Detail of any property you owe.
  • estimated value of the home.

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