Plaza News + Updates

Aligning with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently announced expansion of eligibility, Plaza Home Mortgage^® is now able to extend VA home loans to certain members of the Army National or Air National Guard. Eligible National Guard members must have performed at least 90 cumulative days of full-time National Guard duty, of which, at least 30 of those days must have been consecutive. This change applies to current and former National Guard members, regardless of service dates. Plaza’s VA guidelines have been adjusted to reflect the change.

View the VA Circular for more details on who is now eligible.

Plaza is pleased to announce our 2021 Bronze Sponsorship of AIME! “We are very pleased to continue our sponsorship of AIME, an organization that shares our commitment to the growth of the mortgage broker community and to a vibrant wholesale industry,” said Jeff Leinan, Plaza’s EVP of National Wholesale Production.

Read the full announcement.

We are happy to announce to our clients that, effective immediately, Plaza Home Mortgage^® is once again offering the VA Renovation loan program!

Funding on Your Schedule, Even After-hours and Weekends

Reverse mortgages are now back in New York. If you’re not currently set up to offer these powerful programs to seniors in your market, visit our reverse mortgage page or talk to your Plaza Account Executive today to learn how easy it is with Plaza.

Plaza Home Mortgage^® is making it easier to qualify more borrowers with reduced minimum FICO requirements for our FHA, VA and USDA programs! For these core loan programs, the new minimum FICO has been lowered to 600 for FHA and VA and 620 for USDA. We have also updated our popular FHA 203(k) program, which combines financing for the purchase or refinance of a home and its renovation into a single loan, to have a new reduced minimum FICO of 620.

We are reminding our clients that, pursuant to HUD requirements, FHA case numbers assigned on or after March 22, 2021, will require the revised HUD 92009-A form on all Single-Family Forward Mortgages and Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECM). Plaza’s BREEZE LOS already supports the new 92009-A form, and can also generate and deliver the new 1003, plus typical broker disclosures, quickly and easily.

Join Plaza’s Jeff Leinan, EVP National Wholesale Production, and NAMB President Kimber White for an insightful discussion about the current and future state of the #mortgage market on Facebook Live, on Tuesday, March 16, at 9AM PT / 12PM ET.

How to Help Real Estate Pros in a Post-Refi World

The Plaza Home Mortgage^® Jumbo 1 program is now even better! We’ve updated our guidelines to allow W-2 transcripts and added information on payment recast options.

Click here to view the updated program guidelines.

If you have questions on these updates, please contact your Plaza Account Executive, or email us at hereforyou@plazahomemortgage.com.