Income types

Full doc Non-QM loans.

Wage earners and self-employed borrowers who document income the standard way.

8 cakes take full doc.

Every cake with a published matrix for this income type, largest loan first. Open one for its limits and matrix.

What the file needs.

Paystubs and W-2s, or one or two years of personal and business tax returns. Depreciation, depletion, amortization, and documented one-time expenses may be added back.

  • Paystubs covering 30 days with year-to-date earnings, plus one or two years of W-2s, or a third-party verification such as The Work Number
  • Self-employed: one or two years of signed personal and business returns with all K-1s, and evidence of filing
  • IRS Form 4506-C
  • Maximum DTI of 50%, or as the matrix allows

From the Non-QM guidelines, version 5.0, section 5.1, 5.2, 7.2. The guidelines and matrix govern every file.

Read the guidelines (PDF, opens in a new tab)

Check a scenario.

Move the score, LTV, and loan amount. The cakes that take it line up.

How the borrower documents income

680
80%
$1M

8 cakes take this file

13 counting their Lite and Investor versions

  • Coffee Cakealso Lite680+ · 80% · $2.5M
  • Cup Cakealso Investor620+ · 90% · $4M
  • Bundt Cakealso Investor620+ · 90% · $3M
  • Sponge Cakealso Lite620+ · 90% · $3M
  • Funnel Cakealso Lite660+ · 90% · $3M
  • Pound Cake Lite660+ · 90% · $3M
  • Cheese Cake660+ · 85% · $3M
  • Velvet Cake660+ · 85% · $3M

Limits from the published matrices. The guidelines govern every file.

Other ways to document income

Have one of these files?

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