True or False: A loan that has a balloon payment can still be a Qualified Mortgage.

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True or False: A loan that has a balloon payment can still be a Qualified Mortgage.

A balloon payment means the loan doesn’t pay down to zero with regular monthly installments; there’s a large lump-sum due at the end. Qualified Mortgages must have a fully amortizing payment schedule and a term no longer than 30 years, with no balloon payment. That requirement is designed to ensure the borrower’s payments fully retire the loan over time and to reduce repayment risk for both borrower and lender. Because a balloon payment creates a substantial end-of-term payment and breaks the fully amortizing rule, loans with balloon payments cannot be Qualified Mortgages, even if other criteria like price points/fees or debt-to-income ratio meet the standards.

A balloon payment means the loan doesn’t pay down to zero with regular monthly installments; there’s a large lump-sum due at the end. Qualified Mortgages must have a fully amortizing payment schedule and a term no longer than 30 years, with no balloon payment. That requirement is designed to ensure the borrower’s payments fully retire the loan over time and to reduce repayment risk for both borrower and lender. Because a balloon payment creates a substantial end-of-term payment and breaks the fully amortizing rule, loans with balloon payments cannot be Qualified Mortgages, even if other criteria like price points/fees or debt-to-income ratio meet the standards.

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