conventional loans: Qualification for ARMs
- 02/11/11 07:34 AM
For conventional ARM products, you need to know how a borrower will be qualified. If the ARM product is for a 3 or 5 yr ARM, they will be qualified at; the Note plus 2% or the fully indexed rate plus the margin, whichever one is higher. If the ARM product is for a 7ry ARM, the borrower will be qualified at the Note rate. On a 5 yr ARM, if the Note rate is 3.5%, for 200k loan, the actual payment will be; $898.09. The borrower will be qualified at, $1135.58, an almost $240 increase for underwriting purposes. ARMs can (0 comments)