HUD Handbook 4000.1 Part II.A.5
HUD Handbook 4000.1 Part II.A.5 governs FHA manual underwriting — when AUS issues Refer / when TOTAL Accept was downgraded / when HUD employees are involved. Covers required credit reports (Tri-Merged or RMCR), per-Borrower credit pulls, non-borrowing-spouse community- property treatment, traditional-vs-nontraditional credit development, and the duty to submit downgraded HUD-employee Mortgages to FHA for final underwriting approval.
Verbatim regulatory text
Verbatim provisions from HUD Handbook 4000.1 Part II.A.5 — each quote is a verified substring of the regulator-published source snapshot, not retyped. Quoted for reference; this is not legal advice. The operational layer (P&P updates, prompts) lives in the regulation update kits.
HUD Handbook 4000.1 II.A.5 — Manual underwrite on AUS Refer or downgrade
The Mortgagee must manually underwrite those applications where the AUS issues a Refer or applications which were downgraded to a manual underwrite.
HUD Handbook 4000.1 II.A.5 — HUD-employee Mortgage requires FHA final approval
The Mortgagee must submit the underwritten mortgage application to FHA for final underwriting approval.
HUD Handbook 4000.1 II.A.5.a.i — Required credit report type (Manual)
The Mortgagee must either obtain a Tri-Merged Credit Report (TRMCR) or a Residential Mortgage Credit Report (RMCR) from an independent consumer reporting agency.
HUD Handbook 4000.1 II.A.5.a.ii — Traditional credit before non-traditional
If a traditional credit report is available, the Mortgagee must use a traditional credit report.
HUD Handbook 4000.1 II.A.5.a.i — Streamline refinance credit-report exception
The Mortgagee is not required to obtain a credit report for non-credit qualifying Streamline Refinance transactions.
Operationalizing HUD Handbook 4000.1 Part II.A.5
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