Plaza News + Updates

Plaza Home Mortgage^® is happy to reintroduce Solutions Non-QM for our broker clients! We are here to help you fit the home finance needs of self-employed professionals and other non-W2 borrowers – with more flexibility and enhanced service levels.

Our Solutions Non-QM program has expanded eligibility guidelines and alternative documentation options:

• Standard documentation
• Bank statement (12 and 24 month)
• P&L
• VOE
• 1099
• Asset depletion

Plaza also offers a free Bank Statement Income Calculation service, a dedicated Scenario Desk and Non-QM Underwriting team to give you fast and accurate answers to your questions.

Plaza Home Mortgage^® is ready to roll on the Freddie Mac Refi Possible^SM program. Refi Possible expands eligibility to include borrowers at or below 80% of the Area Median Income (AMI) limit.

Benefits of Refi Possible include:

Plaza Home Mortgage^® is expanding the lending possibilities for our clients and their borrowers. We are pleased to announce that we are again offering Conventional Conforming and Super Conforming ARMs starting today, Tuesday, August 3, 2021.

Please refer to Plaza’s Conforming ARM and Super Conforming ARM Program Guidelines for complete details.

Plaza Home Mortgage^® just removed the self-employment overlays plus made other enhancements to our popular Jumbo 1 program. We also have updates to mortgage insurance and Jumbo AUS we want to tell you about.

Plaza Home Mortgage^® has been serving the Empire State for a long time, and we’ve learned a thing or two about the market in the process.

FHA Update: Student Loan Debt Policy

Plaza Home Mortgage^® is aligning with FHA student loan guidance as announced in the Mortgagee Letter 2021-13. The updated policy removes the current requirement that lenders calculate a borrower’s student loan monthly payment as 1% of the outstanding student loan balance for student loans that are not fully amortizing, or are not in repayment.

The new policy bases the monthly payment on the actual student loan payment, which is often lower, and helps home buyers with student debt meet minimum eligibility requirements for an FHA-insured mortgage.

This updated policy may be employed by lenders immediately but mandatory implementation is required for all case numbers assigned on or after August 16, 2021. Plaza will apply this policy immediately.

If you have questions on the updated FHA student loan debt policy please contact your Plaza Account Executive, or email us at hereforyou@plazahomemortgage.com.

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