HUD Practice test exam questions & answers 2023/2024
1) A client would like to purchase a house within one year. The client is motivated to increase household income as a way to save for a down payment and qualify for a loan. Which is the best solution for the client to reach this goal? - ANSWER-Find a second job
2) Six months ago a client left a job as a reporter to start a business in the retail industry. To prepare to buy a house, the client closed credit card accounts and has been using savings to pay down credit card debt and collections. The client has not been able to save much for a down payment with all the debt payments but knows about an affordable homeownership program that only requires a 1% down payment with an FHA Loan. What might result from the client closing the credit card accounts? - ANSWER-It decreases credit utilization, causing a positive impact on the credit score
3. Which family is most likely to qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) - ANSWER-An individual employed part time in a minimum wage job
4. A client shopping for a mortgage loan present a housing counselor with an offer from a local mortgage
lender. The interest rate on the offer is 7.5% for a 30 year fixed rate mortgage with a 20% down payment required. The counselor reviews the client file and determines the client's credit score is 725 and the client's total debt to income ratio is 20%. The client asks the housing counselor if the offer is a case of illegal predatory lending. How should the housing counselor respond? - ANSWER-I am unable to determine whether the loan is predatory, but I suggest you shop around with other lending sources.
5. Which does a servicer do in the non-judicial foreclosure? - ANSWER-Issues a Notice of Default (NOD) to the borrower
6 Under which circumstance must a servicer refrain from the foreclosure process - ANSWER-The client has a pending loan modification application
7. What should a counselor and borrower focus on when developing an emergency budget? - ANSWER-
Increasing income and decreasing expenses
1) A client would like to purchase a house within one year. The client is motivated to increase household income as a way to save for a down payment and qualify for a loan. Which is the best solution for the client to reach this goal? - ANSWER-Find a second job
2) Six months ago a client left a job as a reporter to start a business in the retail industry. To prepare to buy a house, the client closed credit card accounts and has been using savings to pay down credit card debt and collections. The client has not been able to save much for a down payment with all the debt payments but knows about an affordable homeownership program that only requires a 1% down payment with an FHA Loan. What might result from the client closing the credit card accounts? - ANSWER-It decreases credit utilization, causing a positive impact on the credit score
3. Which family is most likely to qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) - ANSWER-An individual employed part time in a minimum wage job
4. A client shopping for a mortgage loan present a housing counselor with an offer from a local mortgage
lender. The interest rate on the offer is 7.5% for a 30 year fixed rate mortgage with a 20% down payment required. The counselor reviews the client file and determines the client's credit score is 725 and the client's total debt to income ratio is 20%. The client asks the housing counselor if the offer is a case of illegal predatory lending. How should the housing counselor respond? - ANSWER-I am unable to determine whether the loan is predatory, but I suggest you shop around with other lending sources.
5. Which does a servicer do in the non-judicial foreclosure? - ANSWER-Issues a Notice of Default (NOD) to the borrower
6 Under which circumstance must a servicer refrain from the foreclosure process - ANSWER-The client has a pending loan modification application
7. What should a counselor and borrower focus on when developing an emergency budget? - ANSWER-
Increasing income and decreasing expenses
