Increased deportation risks and uncertainty about the future of some immigration programs have led non-QM lenders to reduce lending to non-resident borrowers.
The former president has proposed banning mortgages for undocumented immigrants if elected to a second term. At this point, the loans are largely only available in the non-agency market.
As many as 88,000 individual tax identification number mortgages could be originated in a year if certain market barriers were removed, according to Urban Institute researchers.
A&D Mortgage has debuted a mortgage program designed to provide new homeownership options for non-permanent residents who have an individual taxpayer identification number issued by the IRS.
Angel Oak is the latest expanded-credit lender to offer mortgages based on an individual tax identification number to individuals not eligible to obtain a Social Security number.