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Much of life is a balancing act. For example, I eat my Captain Crunch with only low-fat milk because I wouldn’t want unnecessary calories. Underwriting is also a balancing act, matching the risk of the borrower being able to make payments with the desire for the lender to earn a rate of return on the loan commensurate with the risk. In mortgage lending, there is some feeling that the “pendulum” has swung too far to one side here in the last year or two, leaving some borrowers (self-employed and jumbo, to name a quick two) in the lurch. But there are old, and new programs, out there that go back to the “old days”. READ MORE But zero down payments – again? A new program from Fannie Mae called Affordable Advantage is available to first-time home buyers in Idaho, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Wisconsin…(read more)
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Original post by Rob Chrisman
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