VA Funding Fee/FHA Monthly MCC/Conventional MI

Answered

Ivan Guzman

March 05, 2023 23:18 Edited

Question

Questions have arisen about how the VA Funding fee is being determined. There are 1.75% Funding fees for VA loans when no VA scenario calls for a 1.75% funding fee. Additionally, the FHA Monthly MCC rate & Conventional MI rates need to be manually entered by loan officers, which does not seem right.

There seems to be no documentation on this topic. What is everyone else doing to ensure accurate information?

 

Answer

There are some defaults for the upfront fee percentage calculations, but we generally get these details directly from the pricing engine.

Here’s what we do today for VA loans:

FHA UFMIP: defaults to 1.75%
VA Funding Fee: defaults to 1.75%
USDA Guarantee Fee: 1%
FHA and USDA programs also require a monthly mortgage insurance premium, if it is returned by the pricing engine, we will capture this.

There are additional enhancements on the roadmap to add additional inputs for VA loans. Meanwhile, the FHA UFMiP, VA Funding Fee, and USDA Guarantee fee percentage field can be configured to be editable if desired. Contact your Blend representative or reach out to Blend Support for this request.

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  Ivan Guzman

  November 15, 2023 16:59 Edited

  Update: With the Remove Default Funding Fee Percentage for VA Loans in Blend release, the funding fee and funding fee percentage fields for VA loans will now be empty for lenders to pull the information from the pricing engine or to be filled out manually. Refer to the release note linked above to learn more.

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