My bank is trying to change the loan! Need advice

My bank is trying to change the loan! Need advice

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Hi! I was approved for FHA, the seller liked our offer because it was clean but asked us to change to conventional. We changed loan to conventional and the offer was accepted/ purchase agreement signed. My bank is now saying my credit score is 2 points under the threshold for conventional after checking credit again. They want to change the loan to FHA and can no longer approve the conventional. The inspector is inspecting the home tomorrow morning. I am so nervous about having to switch to an FHA and the seller not wanting to go through. Do you guys have any advice or insight into this?

I have hope that we initially put our offer in with FHA and then they talked to us and gave us the counter offer of us switching to conventional. Maybe they will accept the FHA now since it's due to the bank and not because I wanted that.

I have hope that it would be a bigger pain to start over and re list the house when we already paid the earnest money.


I do not want to lose this home. I am so excited to finally buy a home.

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Russell BrazilBusiness Member
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Real Estate Agent · Washington, D.C. · Member since 2012 · 17k+ posts · 30k+ votes
4y

Just switch loan products if you need to. Let the other side know there was a 2 pt credit issue. 

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  • Russell BrazilBusiness Member
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    Real Estate Agent · Washington, D.C. · Member since 2012 · 17k+ posts · 30k+ votes
    4y

    Just switch loan products if you need to. Let the other side know there was a 2 pt credit issue. 

  • Member since 2021 · 2 posts · 0 votes
    4y

    Do you think the seller would want to back out?  I talked to the loan officer and he said he would explain that to the seller and also tell them nothing would change and we are still on track to close on time. 

  • Rental Property Investor · TN · Member since 2018 · 2k+ posts · 2k+ votes
    4y

    I think that you need to find out WHY the owner did not want to go with FHA. Specifically is it because there is an issue with the property that FHA would not accept and that they would not want to fix. It that is the issue you may need to look at other alternatives.

    IF it is just timing, maybe they will be ok with it as timing would take longer now to start over.

    Example: I listed my parents 2 rental properties after my mom passed away. They were mirror images of each other and next door to each other. One I said any loan was ok, and sold it with a VA loan. The other I said conventional or cash. Why? Because that property had a tree root that lifted the driveway about 2 inches, with a crack through the blacktop. I did not want to redo blacktop or remove the beautiful large tree that shaded the majority of the backyard. Both major expenses with no return in value to the property, probably a loss with the tree gone. And the realtor knew that the driveway would be considered a trip hazard and it would need to be fixed. The tree was in the middle of the backyard, half way between the garage and the house. It did not affect either structure, just the driveway. Did not even have branches ever hang over the structures. There was a reason I did not want to deal with a FHA or VA loan for that property.

  • Chris MasonPro Member
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    Lender · CA · Member since 2015 · 9k+ posts · 10k+ votes
    4y

    Just switch. 

    If you get any push back, the answer is simple: "Whelp, this is what happens when someone without a mortgage license, and without seeing my personal finances, etc, tries to dictate loan type. You asked for it."

    FYI an FHA appraisal can be used for a conventional loan. But a conventional appraisal cannot be used for an FHA loan. Might want to touch base on the appraisal type that was originally ordered, and if that's what's happening tomorrow morning. All FHA appraisers can appraisals for conventional loans, but not all appraisers can do reports for FHA loans. An FHA appraisal also has to be ordered after an FHA case number was generated. Etc. Call your LO.

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