Category: VA Mortgage Rates

Kentucky VA Mortgage Sales Concessions – How Well Do You Understand This Guideline?

Kentucky VA Mortgage Sales Concessions – How Well Do You Understand This Guideline?


Kentucky VA Sales Concessions – How Well Do You Understand This Guideline?

Knowing these tips can help you save a loan!

VA limits Sales Concessions to 4%, but there is more to it than that!

What is a Sales Concession that is applied to the 4% limit?

• Buyer’s funding fee

• Prepaid taxes and insurance

• Gifts such as a television or microwave

• Permanent interest rate buy-down points

• Temporary buy-down funds

• Payoff of Credit Balances or Judgments [Yes, you read that correctly]!

HOWEVER……….

Not included in this limit are the following:

•Amounts paid on behalf of the Veteran by the lender or real estate agent.

•Or amounts paid by the seller towards the closing costs.

These amounts can be paid in addition to the Seller Concessions.

Example:

$200,000 loan amount x 4% = $8000 maximum seller concession.

The seller pays $4000 in closing costs [NOT included as part of the seller concession].

The lender pays $1500 in prepaid items [NOT included as part of the seller concession].

The Seller pays off a judgment for the borrower of $5500 [YES, this IS included as part of the seller concession].

The Agent pays $400 for the home inspection [NOT included as part of the seller concession].

So, the Veteran received $11,400 from a combination of the seller, lender, and Agent.

The seller contributed $9500, but only $5500 is considered part of the 4% seller concession limit. The other $4000 is closing costs, which are not included in the seller concession limit.

Therefore, the total seller concession was $5500, which is less than the maximum seller concession of $8000.

The key to VA sales concessions is understanding what IS and IS NOT included in the sales concession limit. Mastering this guideline will help you save a lot of loans!

Kentucky VA Home Loan Program


Affordable home financing options for Kentucky VA borrowers on active duty and retired military members.

Your veteran and active-duty clients can now take advantage of fixed and adjustable rate VA loan programs. We are determined to get them the best rate possible in the shortest turn time.

Kentucky VA Mortgage Loan Program’s Key Features:

100% financing with no mortgage insurance (purchase only)
no minimum score but most lenders will want a 580 score or higher
41% DTI (up to 60% may be accepted with compensating factors)No Income verification for IRRRLVA funding fee applies to most veterans

 You can do a VA IRRRL on a property that the veteran no longer lives in
• Payoff debts at closing with seller concessions. When writing the offer, this
information goes in the “under additional provisions or other terms” section
• No seasoning requirement for being added to the title (No flip rule)
“As we express our gratitude, we must
never forget that the highest appreciation is not
to utter words, but to live by them.”
• Only type of loan where an SAR Underwriter can adjust the value after a
secondary review in Tidewater with a request from the borrower. That gives us
two chances to increase the value if it comes in under.
• You can have more than one at the same time.
• If the DD-214 is a Dishonorable Discharge, the Veteran can re-apply and get their
benefits reinstated and then buy their home. (Apply to the BCMR to upgrade on
basis of clemency)
• No max loan amount & no max amount of closing costs a seller can pay.
“Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service
of our country can never be repaid. They have
earned our undying gratitude.”
• Time of service requirements can be appealed if they are discharged due to a
service-related disability
• Student loans in deferred status that go by old guidelines can be omitted.
• Disputes do not need to be removed to qualify. This is a good trick if you need a
couple extra points. (Disputing collections)
• Time of service requirements can be appealed if they are discharged due to a
service-related disability.

List of Government Foreclosed Homes in Kentucky to include VA, FHA, HUD, Fannie Mae and USDA


 
 

Several federal agencies have properties to sell. In fact, HUD sells both single family homes and multifamily properties. Check them out- one might be just what you’re looking for!

Single Family Homes for Sale