Plaza News + Updates

Plaza is now offering our popular Reverse Jumbo program in New York and Nevada in addition to 16 other states. Reverse mortgages can be a great way to expand your business’s portfolio and tap into a rapidly growing market. And with Plaza’s dedicated Reverse Lending Division to help you every step of the way, you can be confident offering the program. Contact your Plaza Account Executive or visit our reverse mortgage page for more information.

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.

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.

Home Possible
In alignment with the Freddie Mac Bulletin 2020-45, Plaza Home Mortgage^® has updated the Home Possible^® program guidelines, effective for all loans purchased on or after March 1, 2021. Specifically, this update reduces the maximum LTV from 95% to 85% for certain Home Possible Mortgages secured by 2-4-unit properties.

Great news! Plaza Home Mortgage^® has extended our waiver of the 50bps Adverse Market Refinance Fee on all Agency Express refis to February 26, 2021. Agency Express, available to our Wholesale and Mini-Correspondent channels, gives you faster turn times on core Fannie Mae^® and Freddie Mac loans. Close in as little as 10-15 days! Learn more by going to our info page or contacting your Plaza Account Executive.

Plaza Home Mortgage^® now offers rates as low as 1.75% on all government loan programs! Combined with Plaza’s superior client service and unparalleled experience with government lending, there has never been a better time to work with us.

The FHA has announced an increase to new forward loan limits for 2021. The new loan limits will be effective for case numbers assigned on or after January 1, 2021. FHA forward mortgage limits for individual MSAs and counties are available here.

Plaza will align with FHA’s effective dates and accept the new loan limits for case numbers assigned on or after January 1, 2021.

Please contact your Plaza Account Executive if you have any questions about the new limits or their implementation date.

Plaza Home Mortgage^® is pleased to announce that we are updating our Wholesale and Mini-Correspondent rate lock policy for all transactions. Now 15, 30, 45 and 60-day locks for all transactions no longer have file status requirements.

Please contact your Plaza Account Executive if you have any questions on this update.

The FHFA has announced the new conforming loan limits for loans purchased by Fannie Mae^® and Freddie Mac on or after January 1, 2021.