November 2, 2016
Down Payment Rules: An FHA Loan Question
A reader asks, “I’m buying a home for 160,000 and the seller is paying up to 4000 in closing costs and pre-paids (which the closing cost ended up only being 3,525 because the lender required me to pay for the appraisal outside of closing POC) I also put 500 earnest money down.” “They are telling me that I have to bring 5,100 to closing instead of 4,625 because they said that I have to bring a total of 3.5% (5600) and the 475 that I already prepaid can not go towards my total 3.5% down. I thought that because I put 500 earnest money deposit and paid for the appraisal outside of closing and the seller is paying for all my closing costs, that I would be able to use | more...