I’m looking into refinancing my loan on a two family brownstone and my mortgage broker told me that there was a 1% two family add on from Fannie/Freddie which bumps the beast available rate up to a little over 5.6%. Has anyone else run into this? We’re looking at a 30 year fixed regular conforming loan but that added 1% is putting the kybosh on any real savings since our current loan is at 6%. Any way around this to get a better rate?


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  1. There is no way that the quotes are for Jumbo. If you need a Jumbo you will pay the price and Obama does not care about rates for people who are Jumbo.

  2. does anyone know if these rates apply to jumbo mortgages? or: is there *anyone* who offers jumbos with rates below six percent?
    thank you.

  3. Thanks for all the info. Crazy that Fannie/Freddie are penalizing multi family owner when the government is doing all it can to bring rates down to encourage lending. Sounds like it might be worth shopping around a little. I’ll post again if I find any great deals.

  4. Yes, Fannie has a 1pt adjustment to the price of the loan for 2-4 units among other price adjustments such as .75% to the price for condos over 75% LTV

    Send me an email and I will give you a reliable quote. 5.6% sounds a little rich.

    adahill@approvedfunding.com

    check out this link for a list of all the price adjustments for Fannie Loans.

    KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. Study this guide before you go speak to a lender/broker

    https://www.efanniemae.com/sf/refmaterials/llpa/pdf/llpamatrix.pdf

  5. I had called AStoria Federal(My mortage lender) a week ago just to test the waters and they quoted me 4.87 on my 2 family with 1 point for closing costs
    I guess it also depends on other factors like credit score and how much of a mortage you have….
    but over 5.6% seems high to me