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In today's Frank Howard Allen Office meeing, Andy Shine, mortgage broker with Residence Pacific Mortgage, discussed the new guideline by Fannie Mae, which will be effective on August 1. The guidelines affect loans for purchase a new home while retaining the current residence as 2nd home or investment porperty.

Might be time to buy the house you always wanted if you are sitting on the fence.

Here are the details:

Situation	New Requirement
Current Principal residence is pending sale but the transacction will not be closed (with title transfer to a new owner) prior to the new transaction	Both the current and the proposed mortgage payments must be used to qualify the borrower forthe new transaction
Coversion to a Second Home	- Both the current and the proposed mortgage payments must be used to qualify the borrower forthe new transaction, and - 6 months of PITI for BOTH properties is required to be in reserves.  Lender may consider reduced reserves of no less than 2 months for both properties if there is documented equity of at least 30 percent in the existing property
Conversion to an Investment Property	Fannie Mae continues to permit up to 75% of rental income to be used to offset the mortgage if there is document equity of at least 30% in existing property The rental income must be documented with: - Copy of fully executed lease agreement - Receipt of security deposit from tenant and into borrower's account If not meeting 30% equity requirement, rental income may not be used to offse the mortgage payment. - Both the current and the proposed mortgage payments must be used to qualify the borrowers for the new transaction; and - 6 months of PITI for BOTH properties is required to be in reserves.