Financing term

Underwriting

The lender's process of evaluating a borrower's creditworthiness and the property's value to approve a loan.

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A conventional loan that meets Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac underwriting guidelines and loan limits is called a:

  1. Jumbo loan
  2. Subprime loan
  3. Conforming loan
  4. Blanket loan
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Conforming loan — Conforming loans meet the size limits and underwriting standards set by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac so they can be purchased on the secondary market; loans above the limit are jumbo loans.

Source: PSI National Real Estate Exam Content Outline §4 Financing

The lender's activity of collecting payments, maintaining escrow accounts, and handling payoffs after a loan closes is called:

  1. Loan servicing
  2. Underwriting
  3. Origination
  4. Warehousing
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Loan servicing — Loan servicing covers the ongoing administration of a loan after closing, including collecting payments, managing escrow accounts for taxes and insurance, and handling default or payoff processing.

Source: PSI National Real Estate Exam Content Outline §4 Financing

In mortgage underwriting, the three C's traditionally used to evaluate a loan application are:

  1. Credit, capacity, and collateral
  2. Cost, commission, and closing
  3. Contract, consideration, and capacity
  4. Credit, contingency, and commitment
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Credit, capacity, and collateral — Underwriters traditionally evaluate credit for payment history, capacity for ability to repay, and collateral for the property's value when deciding whether to approve a loan.

Source: PSI National Real Estate Exam Content Outline §4 Financing

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