Stated Income Loan / No Income Verification
The popular No
Income Verification Loan (NIV)
also known as Stated Income - requires
No W2's, No Pay stubs, No Tax returns, and No IRS Forms. Available to W-2 wage earners, 1099, Self
Employed, and Retired. Note: Many of these flexible terms and conditions have changed. If
you need financing but your income is difficult to prove or document
then the answer for you is a Stated Income or No Income Verification
loan. Review the Program
Details
for the available states.
There are "3" types of
NIV or No Income Verification loans for purchase or refinance that offer up to 90% financing explained below:
Stated Income
Verified Assets Loan: (SIVA) - Loan approval is based
on your stated income, credit history, and verified liquid assets. The
Verified Assets should be consistent with the income claimed.
Stated Income Stated Assets
Loan (SISA) - This loan features no assets being verified.
You only state your income and state your assets on the application.
This program carries a slightly higher rate because the assets are not
verified. No longer available on Home Equity
Lines or Fixed Rate second mortgages due to credit market.
No Ratio Loans - Similar to the programs above
except that no income information is provided or verified on the
application.
90% to $417,000
( need 720+ score; not available)
65% to $650,000
( need 740+ score; if program is available)
50% to 60% to $3,500,000 (if available; subject to change)
90% to $2,400,000
80% to $4,400,000
( 65% 1st loan )
as of 1/20/2009 * ( Please see below)
General
Requirements:
Lenders usually look for a minimum of
2 years of self-employment history or employment
history in the same field. Proof
for minimum of 2 years employment history for
self-employed borrowers may be accomplished by obtaining
a typed letter from a accountant/CPA on their company
letterhead to get verification of the borrowers self
employment. If an accountant is not available, two
years of business license or confirmation from 3
disinterested business associates may be required. Your ability to
qualify for the loan is based on the
income stated on the application. The income
must be in line with your occupation.
Credit & Reserves:
Borrowers generally need credit FICO
scores over 720, with the mortgage not over 30 days past due in the last 12
months. Loan Programs offered on 3, 5, &
7 year ARM's. The borrower should
have a minimum of 6 to 12 months of the mortgage payment in "personal" liquid cash reserves on a purchase
or refinance for the best rate. At times, lenders may request you to have 10% to 20% of stated income in Liquid Cash Reserves on large jumbo loans. Reserves can be from checking,
savings, cash, CD's, money market accounts, stocks, bonds, IRA's, 401k's, and
Keogh accounts.
On cash out refinances,
reserves can come from the loan proceeds and the credit score may need to be
higher. The other programs (30 yr and 15 yr fixed) require less reserves.
NOTE: These terms are changing frequently to even stricter guidelines and may not be available at all. Currently, stated income loans are being offered by very few mortgage companies and private brokers. It just takes some digging around so understand it is a scarce program.
Often,
investors and people who don't want to show their tax returns
inquire about stated income or no doc loans for residential but
also commercial property. That is something we offer as well on 5+
units.
To
get a rate quote and see what lenders have to offer for stated
income loans, try our simple FREE Pre-Qualification
process today.
* NOTE: loan programs are
subject to change without notice. We are not a lender. We simply
display popular loan programs that mortgage companies are
utilizing in the ALT-A market.
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