Client calls, wants to buy a new home, and rent out their current home that they are upside down in.
As the lending rules stood, they had to absorb their current mortgage payment into the equation of qualifying for a new loan and the rules precluded them from using the rental income to offset the mortgage payment. Given that, most could not qualify. You lost a buyer. That has been the tale time and again for many agents nationwide .
I hope you saved that contact because things are changing. Starting August 15th if your buyer is upside down in their current home, they (2 comments)