Real Estate Finance Today
-Continuing Education- 

Price:$65.00\$75.00
Book Cost: included
Hours: 7.5hours (You finish 1/3 of your 22.5 hours of continuing education required by the State.)

Course Outline:

1. Basics of Real Estate Financing
   1. Use of principal financing instruments
      1) Note
      2) Mortgage
      3) Deed of Trust
   2. Major sources of mortgage loan funding in the primary market.
   3.  Role of primary players in the secondary market.
   4. Significance of the Federal Reserve Board as it relates to mortgage lending.
   5. Functions of the government agencies most influential in home mortgage financing.
   6. Significant congressional acts that apply to home mortgage lending.
2. Current Trends in Mortgage Lending
   1. Benefits and criticisms of the current trend toward computerized loan approvals, including the
      “drive-by” appraisal.
   2. Major credit repositories and the source of credit scoring most commonly used today.
   3. Facors influencing an individual’s credit score and ways to improve their score
   4. New concept of “risk-based financing” and its potential influence on the real estate market.
   5. nfluence of the growing immigrant population on today’s real estate market.
3. Government Insured or Guaranteed Loans
   1. Guidelines to be followed for both FHA and VA loans, including maximum loan amount, minimum down payment, qualifying ratios, seller contribution, and assumption possibilities.
   2. Costs involved and the purpose of the FHA Mortgage insurance premium and the VA funding fee.
   3. Compensating factors that may be considered to enable borrower to gain loan approval.
   4. Calculations for the down payment loan amount and monthly mortgage payment for an FHA loan including any mortgage insurance and for a VA loan including funding fee where required.

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