Assume you are a mortgage broker and you have Bobby & Betty in your office. They want to take a mortgage loan to buy a condominium in Happyland. Each of them earns $2,500 per month (gross income). The current interest rate for a 30-year fixed rate mortgage loan is 5%.
The underwriting standards include the following: the maximum housing related expense to income ratio is 28% and the maximum debt to income ratio is 36%. They won’t buy mortgage insurance. Property taxes are about $3,000/year and home insurance is about $600/year.
Their other debt payments include a student loan of $150/month, a car loan of $300/month, and credit card minimum payment of $50/month.
They will have “gift funds” for the down payment and closing costs. The closing cost is 1% of the loan amount.
1) Bobby and Betty want to get “pre-qualified.” Please calculate the maximum loan amount that they qualify.
2) Please estimate how much the “gift funds” need to be.