The Federal National Mortgage Association, or “Fannie Mae,” was established in 1938 to expand access to loans for families, including those in the New Mexican market. They “don’t originate mortgage loans or lend money directly to borrowers. Instead, [they] purchase mortgage loans made by lenders, who are then able to use those funds to offer
With a constantly changing housing market comes significant changes to home mortgage loans. The Indigo Mortgage New Mexico team is here to tell you more about these changes and how they impact cash-out refinances. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are now making it harder and more expensive for borrowers to do a cash-out mortgage transaction.
As homeowners know, their home values have gone up exponentially in the last few years, all across Albuquerque’s metro and the rest of the New Mexico too. Many homeowners are sitting on a lot of equity and they would like to tap into that equity for cash out for a many reasons, like home improvement,
It’s now mid-August 2021 and we’ve seen two recent changes in mortgage loans. Recently Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac did away with their added fee for refinances. The fee was issued on all loans during the early months in 2021 but they just dropped it. What this means for borrowers is that rates are even
A VA refinance loan is known as a “VA Cash Out” in several refi scenarios: when the veteran is refinancing more than their property’s current payoff and getting cash back from their equity, when he or she is consolidating a first and second mortgage, or when they are paying off other liens or consolidating debt.
It is evident that COVID-19 has had a huge impact on many areas of life, specifically the job market and employment. The team at Indigo Mortgage New Mexico is here to inform you of changing loan programs during the pandemic. Because of the uncertainty, COVID-19 has had on people’s employment, many loan programs are harder