New Home mortgage after BK
01-13-2013 08:21 PM
Hello all
I filed Ch7 BK that was discharged in April of 2012. My wife and I are moving to Denver within the next 3 months. Since I have heard of FHA mortages being approved before the 2 year mark but not being able to close until the 2 year mark is reached. My question is, if there is a home that has to built and will take 7 or 8 months to complete can we be apply and be approved 5 or 6 months in advance of that 2 year mark?
Re: New Home mortgage after BK
01-14-2013 04:58 AM
Be careful here, the underwriter looks at the time period from your BK filing date to your new loan application date.
If you didn't surrender a home in the BK or lose it to f/c than the min period is 2 years. There are rare exceptions for extenuating circumstances that will allow for less than two years.
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Re: New Home mortgage after BK
01-14-2013 05:56 AM
OP, there are a ton of new homes being built out here and we are on Contract for a brand new home finished late last year.
Go to www.chfainfo.com to find out about the CHFA homeopeners plus 1st/2nd 30 year fixed mortgages through Colorado's Housing Authority. They will roll your required 3% down and closing costs into a 2nd mortgage! We are going through them for our home loan and have to only come out of pocket $2,500 for a $347,900 home!
Welcome to Denver! :-)
Re: New Home mortgage after BK
01-14-2013 06:12 AM
The way I understand it, you can still prequalify but you can't actually close till it has been discharged for 2 years.
I have something kind of like this going on, I prequalified but I can't close till April thats when the time is up for the baddie I have.
I got my DU approval, went thru underwriting and approved but my condition was that closing had to be April.
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