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Seasoning for Cash Out Refinance on a Hard Money Loan
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I believe this only applies to fannie/freddie loans.
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I was informed of a new regulation requiring 12 months of seasoning in certain scenarios and wanted to find out if this would apply if the primary loan of an investment property was a hard money one. It seems to not apply to a HELOC. Please see below and thanks in advance!
@Gedaliah Fineman The 12 month seasoning DOES come into effect if the property was purchased with a hard money loan. The important thing to understand is that this is only for cash out loans meaning you can refi what is owed with no wait period. That is called a rate/term refi. Or, if you can get a bridge loan to pull the cash out with a non-conventional loan like we have been doing for years, then turn around and refi right away with the conventional loan which has no seasoning because it is a rate/term refi.
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I was informed of a new regulation requiring 12 months of seasoning in certain scenarios and wanted to find out if this would apply if the primary loan of an investment property was a hard money one. It seems to not apply to a HELOC. Please see below and thanks in advance!
Some non-qm lenders would be ok with less than 12 months seasoning. Best way to find out is contact a mortgage broker that works with lenders that offer these loans and is licensed in the state in question,
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That's correct for Agency financing. With private DSCR lenders, you're looking at 3 months title seasoning.
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Is DSCR going to follow?
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@Eliott Elias not likely. DSCR lenders will mostly be happy to fill the gap left by the agencies.