USDA Rural Housing Mortgage Loans in Illinois and Wisconsin: No Money Down
Posted by madisonmortgage on January 5th, 2010
While most Illinois and Wisconsin mortgage loan products are being scaled back due to associated credit risk, the USDA Rural Housing loan is still allowing borrowers to finance 100% (no down payment) and then some to buy their homes.
The USDA Rural Housing loan works a lot like a VA loan with a couple of differences that are beneficial to buyers with little or no cash on hand. A VA loan has a 2.15% funding fee for the first use; USDA loans have a 2% funding fee (in both the VA and USDA loan, the funding fee can be added to the loan amount and financed into the loan). A VA loan has a 3.3% funding fee for all subsequent uses of a veteran’s eligibility; the USDA loan is 2% for purchases and 0.5% for refinances (USDA to USDA refinances only). USDA does not offer any other type of refinance program except for USDA to USDA refinances. Because of the lower funding fee, a USDA loan will result in a lower mortgage amount and, thus, a lower monthly payment.
The biggest difference is that with a USDA Rural Housing loan, any and all closing colsts and prepaids that aren’t paid by the seller can be financed into the loans amount. The appraisal will need to support it but a USDA loan allows 102% financing. So let’s say you or your client is purchasing a home that is $150,000 and it appraises for $155,000. If you add the 2% fee, the loan amount would be $153,000. Let’s assume that closing costs and prepaids not being paid by the seller equal $2,500, which, on a VA loan, would have to be paid by the buyer at closing in these circumstances. On a USDA Rural Housing loan, the buyer in this case can finance up to $158,100 (102% of the appraised value of $155,000). Therefore, the buyer can finance $155,500 (100% of the sales price plus the 2% fee plus the $2,500 in closing costs and prepaids that aren’t being paid by the seller) and come to closing with no money. In fact, we always try to make the numbers work to the point that a buyer gets their earnest money back at closing.
Some people will say that a 100% loan “is part of the reason we are in the credit mess we are in in this country”; however, a USDA Rural Housing loan is 100% 30 year fixed rate mortgage that all buyer must qualify for. They don’t allow stated income and make sure that the buyer will qualify for the payment amount and they have a maximum debt to income ratio that is used to insure this.
Today’s rate on a 30 year fixed USDA loan is at 5.375% with no points and no origination fees! Today’s VA rate is at 5.375% with no points, no origination fees! View all of our mortgage rates on our rates page.
While there are restrictions on income and geographical locations of where the USDA Rural Housing loan will work, you will find them to be very lenient. A lot of areas in Wisconsin and Illinois are eligible for these loans and you may be pleasantly surprised to find that you have areas that you work with that are eligible.
If you would like to apply for a USDA Rural Housing loan, please visit our website at http://www.Madisonmortgageguys.com.
Visit our Rural Housing page for additional Wisconsin and Illinois rural housing program requirements including income limits and property eligibility.
Dennis Hardy : Brian Collins : Kelly Rydzik
Toll Free: 877-240-5810
dennis.hardy@madisonmortgageguys.com
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Recent USDA Rural Housing blog posts:
http://www.madisonmortgageguys.com/blog/content/wisconsin-and-illinois-rural-housing-mortgage-loans/
http://www.madisonmortgageguys.com/blog/content/rural-mortgage-loans-in-illinois-and-wisconsin/
http://www.madisonmortgageguys.com/blog/content/wisconsin-and-illinois-rural-housing-mortgage-loans/
