B3-6-04, Qualifying Payment Requirements (02/07/2024)

This topic contains information on determining the borrower’s monthly PITIA used for qualifying purposes, including:

Qualifying Payment Amount

The calculation of the qualifying payment amount for the subject property will differ based on the transaction type (as shown in the following table). For all loans, the qualifying rate is based on the original loan amount and the loan amortization term.

These policies apply to both manually underwritten loans and DU loan casefiles. In all cases, qualification must consider the borrower's current obligations and other mortgage-related obligations, e.g. PITIA.

Loans subject to temporary interest rate buydowns must be qualified without consideration of the bought-down rate, based on the transaction type below.

Exception: Greater of the note rate or the fully indexed rate for loans that are higher-priced mortgage loans or higher-priced covered transactions under Regulation Z. If the fully indexed rate is higher, the loan must be manually underwritten.

Additional Information About ARM Qualifying for DU Loan Casefiles

For DU loan casefiles, the fully indexed rate is defined as the index plus the margin as entered in the online loan application. The index and margin are required for all ARM loans submitted to DU.

The following table describes how DU applies the qualifying interest rate requirements based on the DU ARM Plan that is submitted in the online loan application.

Standard Index Type

FM GENERIC, 1 YR, 2% ANNUAL Cap

FM GENERIC, 7 YR

FM GENERIC, 10 YR

7 year SOFR (5/1/5)

10 year SOFR (5/1/5)

Recent Related Announcements

The table below provides references to recently issued Announcements that are related to this topic.

Announcements Issue Date
Announcement SEL-2024-01 February 07, 2024
Announcement SEL-2023-05 June 07, 2023
Announcement SEL-2022-03 April 06, 2022
Announcement SEL-2021-08 September 01, 2021

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