ABLEnding CA Offers Streamline Refinancing Program for FHA Loans

If you are looking to go through the streamline refinance process contact ABLEnding today at 866.260.2253.

The streamline refinance process is something that we are often asked about. Whether it is borrowers asking which banks and lenders offer streamline refinancing or if they can qualify, we are asked questions related to this topic every single day. If you are a California homeowner and you are looking to go through the streamline refinance process for an FHA home mortgage loan there are some things you will need to know. You can learn much more at our California FHA home mortgage refinance page.

The following literature on the FHA streamline refinance process comes directly from the FHA.

FHA allows borrowers to streamline refinance an FHA insured loan. The ‘streamline’ refers to the amount of documentation and underwriting that needs to be performed by the lender, and does not mean that there are no costs involved in the transaction.

Some lenders offer ‘no cost’ refinances by charging a higher rate of interest on the new loan than if the borrower financed or paid closing costs in cash.

The mortgage to be refinanced must already be FHA insured and current (not delinquent).
There are two streamline options available:

Credit Qualifying – The lender will perform a credit and capacity analysis, but no appraisal is required.
Non-Credit Qualifying – The lender does not need to perform a credit or capacity analysis or obtain an appraisal. An abbreviated Uniform Residential Loan Application (URLA) may be used by the lender.

On the date of the FHA case number assignment:

the Borrower must have made at least 6 payments;
at least 6 full months must have passed since the first payment due date;
at least 210 Days must have passed from the Disbursement Date; and
if the mortgage being refinanced was assumed, 6 payments must have been made since assumption.

The streamline refinance must result in a Net Tangible Benefit to the borrower:

reduced Combined Rate (the interest rate on the mortgage plus the Mortgage Insurance Premium (MIP) rate), and/or reduced term if the new interest rate does not exceed the current interest rate and the payment does not increase by more than $50.00, and/or change from an ARM to a fixed rate resulting in a financial benefit to the Borrower.

A chart outlining the net tangible benefit standards is available in Handbook 4000.1 II.A.8.d.iv.(C)(4)(c)(ii).

Find an FHA approved lender in your part of California call us today at 866.260.2253

Handbook 4000.1:II.A.8.d is available at
http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/administration/hudclips/handbooks/hsgh

If you have any questions related to your current FHA home loan or qualifying for lower mortgage refinance rates contact us today at 866.260.2253. We have mortgage professionals that will go above and beyond to make certain you have the lowest monthly mortgage payment.