Loan rejection in underwriting because of previous assumption
Husband purchased home before we ever met and it ended up having major issues he could not afford to fix so he was able to get an assumption. It’s been working out great the last 4 years however it is still on his credit report (purchaser has been waiting for interest rates to go down to refinance loan). We were trying to buy a house this summer and we have all the paperwork for the assumption clearly stating the other guy is responsible for the payments, taxes, etc. and we gave them 4 years of bank records showing he pays it. My loan finance officer said this proof should be what they need to remove the debt from our monthly expenses in underwriting. The VP of underwriting threw her a curveball and said if it’s on his credit report then they have to count it against us (even though we have all the supporting documentation to say we don’t make the payments). She was shocked they would not accept it and therefore the debt to income from that assumption was added to our loan and lead to a denial. Has anyone experienced this? Is our lender just being an asshole? Anyone with a current assumption on their credit report able to buy a house and have it removed from their debt to income calculation?