SFH Guaranteed Underwriting System Updates for Kentucky Rural Housing and USDA Loans in Kentucky
August 1, 2012
Advance Notice: Changes to Guarantee and Annual Fee
Effective on October 1, 2012, the start of Fiscal Year (FY) 2013, All Kentucky Rural Development loans will revise the Up-Front Guarantee Fee and Annual Fee structure as follows:
Up-Front Guarantee Fee
FY 2012
Through
9/30/2012
|
FY 2013 Effective
10/01/ 2012
| |
Purchase Transactions (no change)
|
2%
|
2%
|
Refinance Transactions
|
1.5%
|
2%
|
Annual Fee
FY 2012
Through
9/30/2012
|
FY 2013
Effective 10/01/2012
| |
Purchase Transactions
|
.30%
|
.40%
|
Refinance Transactions
|
.30%
|
.40%
|
The FY 2013 fee structure is applicable to all Conditional Commitments (Form RD 1980-18, “Conditional Commitment for Single Family Housing Loan Guarantee”) issued by Rural Development Loans In Kentucky on or after October 1, 2012. Loan guarantee requests submitted to Rural Development by September 30, 2012, in which a Conditional Commitment has not been issued, will be subject to the FY 2013 fee structure.
Lenders are encouraged to plan for the changes noted and should keep in mind that some Kentucky Rural Development offices are experiencing extreme backlogs in loan guarantee delivery. There are no exceptions to the FY 2013 fee structure. Therefore, starting on October 1, 2012 all Conditional Commitments will be subject to the FY 2013 fee structure, regardless of the date the request was received by Rural Development.
The FY 2013 fee structure is only applicable to Conditional Commitments issued on or after October 1, 2012, Conditional Commitments issued by Rural Development office in Kentucky prior to this date are not subject to the new fee structure.
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