annie Mae and Freddie Mac, However, as investors lost a lot
two housing finance of money investing in mortgage
companies that have the backed securities that ended up
implicit backing of the United being of poor quality, they
States government, presently immediately required higher rates
limit the mortgages they buy in of return on new mortgages. Now,
the lower 48 states to a maximum jumbo loans are averaging about
size of $417,000. Alaska and 1% higher interest rates than
Hawaii loans can be as high as conforming mortgages.
$625,500. They also have a number Some politicians and regulators
of other requirements such as feel that by raising the loan
documented income, employment size limit placed on Fannie Mae
verification, and many others. A and Freddie Mac to as high as
loan that does not meet the $729,500 in high cost areas, the
strict guidelines is considered value of property would be
to be non-conforming and is not positively affected, especially
eligible to be purchased by in high cost states like
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. This California. This is virtually an
includes all “jumbo” mortgages economic certainty. Residential
which are mortgages greater than real estate historically sells
$417,000. Loans are certainly based on debt ratios. Buyers were
available for these borrowers, expected to spend no more than
however, it must come from other 30-40% of their gross income on
sources of capital such as banks, housing. As such, any drop in
credit unions, and mortgage rates would yield more buying
companies that often sell large power for each buyer that was
pools of mortgages to investors. taking out a loan. With a lower
Historically, these loans would interest rate, a person can pay
require rates to be perhaps ¼% more for a house yet keep the
higher than conforming rates. same monthly payment. Giving
buyers and current homeowners who focused on the size of conforming
want to refinance the access to loans while ignoring other
lower cost capital will serve as factors such as attracting
an offsetting factor to downward additional investment capital to
price forces such as too much the mortgage backed securities
supply, higher levels of market or dealing with people
foreclosures, or home prices that that simply cannot qualify for a
don’t reflect local incomes. The loan in the house they are in
markets most affected by an because they have negative equity
increase in conforming mortgages or do not have the income to
would include: San Diego, San justify owning the home.
Jose, Riverside, Orange County,
Los Angeles, San Francisco, and
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