B2-1.3-04: Refinanced Balloon Mortgages (12/15/2015)
- Marsha Freeman
- Kacey Olson
© Fannie Mae Single Family Selling Guide
Refinanced Balloon Mortgages — Original Balloon Mortgage Owned by Fannie Mae
The table below provides the conditions under which the lender may redeliver a balloon mortgage loan previously owned or securitized by Fannie Mae after the conditional right to refinance has been executed.
Note: For any balloon mortgage that has reached the end of the balloon period and has been refinanced or modified by the lender, and that was not owned by Fannie Mae prior to the refinance or modification, refer to B2-1.4-02, Mortgage Loan Eligibility, for eligibility and delivery requirements.
| ✓ | Requirements |
|---|---|
| The balloon mortgage must have contained a conditional refinancing option that the borrower could exercise when the balloon maturity date was reached. | |
| All of the requirements of the balloon documents that relate to the refinancing must be met. | |
| The LTV ratio and CLTV ratio for the original balloon mortgage did not exceed 95%. | |
| All eligibility requirements (with respect to mortgage interest rate, borrower payment history, property ownership, occupancy status, and lien status) at the time of the balloon maturity date must be met, as outlined in theServicing Guide. | |
| The new refinance mortgage must have a term of 23 years. | |
| The new refinance mortgage must be closed on the special balloon refinancing documents Fannie Mae developed for use in certain states. | |
| When a new refinance mortgage that was approved under one or more of Fannie Mae's eligibility criteria for approving a conditional refinance is included in an MBS pool, no more than one payment was 30 days late in the past 12 months. |
A refinance mortgage that results from a borrower’s decision to exercise the refinance option of a Fannie Mae-owned or Fannie Mae-securitized balloon mortgage does not need to satisfy Fannie Mae eligibility criteria for mortgages that are more than one year old if the interest rate for the refinanced mortgage is not more than 5% higher than the interest rate for the balloon mortgage.
If the difference in the old and new interest rates is more than 5%, lenders must re-underwrite both the borrower and the property to ensure that eligibility criteria for seasoned mortgages (mortgages that are more than one year old) are satisfied.
Pricing
Mortgage loans secured by investment properties will be subject to the applicable LLPA. Refer to the Servicing Guide for permissible changes in occupancy and to the Loan-Level Price Adjustment (LLPA) Matrix for applicable investment property LLPAs. No other LLPAs will be assessed for refinanced balloon mortgages.