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How to Buy a Multi family 1-4 units owner occupied property with 3.5% down FHA Home Loan

New Home Buyers should consider buying Owner Occupied Multi Family (2-4 units) with an FHA Loan. For discussion purposes theĀ  following suggestions/assumptions are made in this article.

The Duplex/Triplex/Four Plex will be owner occupied for primary residence
This means one of the units needs to be occupied by the borrower.
Credit score assumed is over 620 + Fico

75% [...]

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FHA Home Loan Income Calculation

Wage Earners

Generally two years of employment history is required. Sometimes borrowers may have gaps in employment due to loss of job or illness or other reasons. This is a case by case scenario and can be handled if the reasons are legitimate.
Gross Income is traditionally averaged over last two years. However if a borrower is [...]

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FHA Home Loan Front End and Back End Debt Ratios

Front End Ratio

This is the percentage total proposed monthly payment for your mortgage ( includes principal and interest,taxes,insurance and mortgage insurance if any) divided by Gross Monthly Income.So if your proposed mortgage is 1350 dollars and your gross income is 4500 dollars your front end ratio would be 30%

Back End Ratio

This includes the payment [...]

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FHA Home Loan Credit Requirements

Credit requirements for FHA Home Loan are comparatively less stringent as compared to

Conventional Mortgage Loan
VA Mortgage Loan
USDA Home Loan

The first thing to understand is that there is no specific score requirement specified by FHA. The loans are underwritten based on overall credit profile of a borrower. Most lenders use automated systems like Desktop Underwriter by [...]

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