The English prefixes syn-along with its variant sym-, derived from Greek, mean âtogether.â You can remember syn-easily by thinking of synonym, which is a word that goes âtogetherâ with another word because it has a similar meaning. You can remember sym-by thinking of symphony, which is a group of instruments making sound âtogether.â
Conventional construction loans usually require credit scores of at least 680, usually 720 plus. And, any loan where you put less than a 20% down payment will require that you pay mortgage insurance. An FHA construction loan sounds like it would work well for you. There are few lenders that do those loans, but my lenders does.
FHA loan requirements don't force applicants to have credit scores above 580, but almost all borrowers who get actual loan approvals have much higher scores. Over 97 percent of all FHA loan approvals went to applicants with scores above 620.irst, applicants must have FICOs of at least 500 to be eligible for any FHA mortgage. In addition, those whose scores range between 500 and 579 are required to make down payments of at least ten percent, while borrowers with higher scores only need 3.5 percent down.