Reserves Required
10% minimum of loan amount is required for all transactions.
15% minimum of loan amount required, loans DTI greater than 40%.
Two months’ statements or most recent quarterly statement required.
Reserves cannot be gifted.
Non-U.S. dollar assets are ineligible.
Marketable securities or vested stocks are an acceptable source of reserves, as well as retirement accounts.
The borrower must be able to liquidate funds used to meet the reserve requirement. Accounts that cannot be liquidated are not eligible to be used as reserves.