10/18/2026
Your rate quote checks you. It never checks the building. A quote looks at your credit, your income and your down payment. A Florida condo loan adds a second review that no quote covers, and that review is of the condo project itself. So a Florida condo loan is really two reviews. One is of you as the borrower. The other is of the building. A rate quote built on your credit and income only answers the first. The building review asks whether the project is warrantable. In plain terms, that means whether the condo project meets the standard tests lenders apply to the building. Typically, a condo is considered warrantable when: No single entity owns more than 10 percent of the units. At least 5: Your rate quote checks you. It never checks the building. A quote looks at your credit, your income and your down payment. A Florida condo loan adds a second review that no quote covers, and that review is of the condo project itself. So a Florida condo loan is really two reviews. One is of you as the borrower. The other is of the building. A rate quote built on your credit and income only answers the first. The building review asks whether the project is warrantable. In plain terms, that means whether the condo project meets the standard tests lenders apply to the building. Typically, a condo is considered warrantable when: No single entity owns more than 10 percent of the units. At least 51 percent of the units are owner occupied. Fewer than 15 percent of the units are behind on association dues. The homeowners association (HOA) is not named in any lawsuits. Commercial space is 25 percent or less of the building's total square footage. Every one of those tests is about the building. None of them is about the buyer. That means two units at the same price can face very different financing paths because of what is happening inside the association. The word "typically" matters. Applying these tests means looking at each project's real situation, one building at a time. That is where experience counts. With over 20 years of mortgage experience, we know Florida's mortgage programs, the mortgage markets and the neighborhoods. Buying a Florida condo or planning a refinance? Ask your loan officer to look at the building early, so the right program is matched to the project from the start. Call us 7 days a week at (888) 259-2257. ♬ original sound - Fidelity Home Group® - undefined