09/03/2026
As of August 3, 2026, Fannie Mae retired its Limited Review process and Freddie Mac retired Streamlined Review, the fast-track paths that let a condo project skip a full underwriting deep-dive when a borrower put enough down. That shortcut is gone now, regardless of down payment size, and every condo project goes through Full Review instead.
The projects most likely to get caught are the ones that were always a little non-warrantable: active litigation, high investor concentration, a commercial space on the ground floor, delinquent HOA dues. Those used to slide through on a Limited or Streamlined Review. Now they don't.
That's exactly what PRMG's Non-QM programs are built for. DSCR and Income Qualifying both finance non-warrantable condos directly, up to 80% LTV on Income Qualifying and up to 75% LTV on DSCR, with no cap on the number of non-warrantable items a project has.
Litigation is fine as long as it's non-structural and doesn't threaten marketability. Investor concentration up to 100% is fine. Single entity ownership up to 30% is fine. HOA dues delinquency up to 20% of units is fine. None of it stops the file.
The Alternative AUS Solution covers non-warrantable condos too, at up to 70% LTV, for the DU 'Ineligible' loans that just need a different investor, not a different borrower.
Worth flagging any condo file already in the pipeline against these new rules, rather than assuming it clears review the way it would have a few months ago.
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