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Fannie Mae pioneered the 3% down payment loans in the mid 1990s. The private sector then followed suit.
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The 3 percent option is now entering mainstream borrowing, as private mortgage insurance companies and state-sponsored mortgage programs copy the Fannie Mae model.
And these loans also do not represent the entire market of .... credit.
Once again, the automated underwriting systems foisted upon loan originators by the GSEs in 1993 OVER-APPROVED loans by 65%, compared to manual underwriting. ALL of that 65% were high-risk.
Once again, the automated underwriting systems foisted upon loan originators by the GSEs in 1993 OVER-APPROVED loans by 65%, compared to manual underwriting. ALL of that 65% were high-risk.
Oh... you still think the US economy is housing guidelines.
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