Asset-based mortgage in Huntington Park, California — qualify on assets, not income
Huntington Park Asset-Based Mortgage

Asset-Based Mortgage in Huntington Park, California: Qualify on Assets, Not Income

In Huntington Park, the buyer who could pay cash but would rather keep the portfolio invested has a mortgage built for the situation. The asset-based program behind these pages qualifies on assets rather than earnings, reaches principal residences and second homes on the path that documents no income, and adds investment property on the path that turns assets into income. The lender is never named on these pages, and the calculator’s benchmark is a published national average, not a quote.

Current Program Snapshot

Current asset-based guidelines, updated from one source.

Four cards and three tables carry every figure an asset-based file turns on, drawn from one source built on the wholesale program sheets: amount, credit, leverage, and the retirement credit in the cards; the account-by-account credit, the depletion haircuts, and the leverage by occupancy in the tables. The prose around them explains how the figures are used.

Loan Amount
to $4M

Up to $4,000,000 on assets alone; $3,500,000 when assets become income

The largest loan on the asset qualifier path is $4,000,000, provided the usable assets equal or exceed it; the asset depletion path tops out at $3,500,000. Neither figure is a quote, and the lender’s own calculation of the usable assets governs the amount.

Credit Score
600 floor

The asset qualifier path’s published floor; the depletion path follows the suite’s score and amount matrix

The asset qualifier path publishes a 600 decision-score floor. The asset depletion path follows the score and loan-amount matrix of the documentation suite it belongs to, where the floor rises with the leverage and the amount. The score is read from the credit report at application; it is never promised here.

Leverage
up to 80%

That ceiling on a purchase and 75% on a refinance when assets cover the loan; 60% on a depletion cash-out

The leverage ceilings are 80% for a purchase and 75% for a refinance on the asset qualifier path, and 80% for a purchase or rate-and-term refinance and 60% for a cash-out on the asset depletion path, both on a principal residence or second home. The leverage table shows the investment-property row.

Retirement Accounts
90% / 100%

Credited under 59½, and at 59½ or older, when assets cover the loan; 70% at any age when assets become income

90% under the age line, 100% at or past it: that is how a retirement balance is credited when the assets must cover the loan. When the assets are instead converted into income, the same balance counts at 70% whatever the owner’s age. The difference can decide which path fits.

Asset qualifier path — how much of each account counts toward covering the loan (the wholesale lender is not named)
Account typeCredit toward the loan
Brokerage accounts (stocks, bonds, funds)100% of the balance
Certificates of deposit100% of the balance
Money market accounts100% of the balance
Savings and checking100% of the balance
Retirement accounts (401(k), IRA) — owner under 59½90% of the balance
Retirement accounts (401(k), IRA) — owner 59½ or older100% of the balance
Asset depletion path — the share of each account that enters the income calculation, before the balance is divided by 60 months
Account typeShare counted
Cash accounts100% of the balance
Certificates of deposit100% of the balance
Securities (stocks, bonds, funds)80% of the balance
Private stock75% of the balance
Retirement accounts (any age)70% of the balance
Real-estate equity60% of the balance
Maximum leverage by path and occupancy — purchase, rate-and-term refinance, and cash-out refinance
Path and occupancyPurchaseRate-and-termCash-out
Asset qualifier — primary residence or second home80%75%set by the lender
Asset depletion — primary residence80%80%60%
Asset depletion — second home80%80%60%
Asset depletion — investment property65%65%60%

Two paths behind these pages: on the asset qualifier path the usable assets must equal or exceed the whole loan and no employment or income is documented; on the asset depletion path the usable assets are divided across the published number of months (the table above) into a qualifying income that carries the housing payment and other debts through the debt-to-income test. Reserves are not required on the qualifier path at or below the refinance leverage; the depletion path asks for statements at least one hundred twenty days old plus a current one. Minimum assets on the depletion path: the lesser of one million dollars or one and a quarter times the loan, never below a quarter million liquid when assets are the only income. Lendmire is a broker, not the lender, and the lender is not named.

Current asset-based snapshot · updated October 21, 2026 · a Lendmire loan officer confirms the path, the asset credit, and the leverage for the file before an offer.

Program Notice

For informational purposes only. This is not a commitment to lend or extend credit, an offer, or a quote. Program parameters shown are wholesale lender guidelines in force on the date shown, are subject to change without notice, and every figure depends on the borrower, the property, the occupancy, the selected path, and full underwriting. Asset credit percentages and the qualifying arithmetic shown are illustrative; the lender’s own calculation governs. Lendmire is a mortgage broker, not a lender, licensed to broker consumer mortgages in sixteen states. NMLS #2371349.

Huntington Park Asset-Based Mortgage Guide

What an asset-based mortgage is — and how the two paths qualify a file.

The asset-based program is one program with two doors. Through the first, a Huntington Park buyer walks in with statements that add up to the loan and leaves employment and income out of the file entirely. Through the second, a buyer whose balances do not cover the loan walks in with the same statements and the lender turns them into a monthly figure to test against the payment. The cards below describe each door and the rules at the threshold.

For the program overview, see Lendmire’s asset-based mortgage program, or the statewide guide at Asset-Based Mortgage in California; for the age rule on retirement withdrawals, see the IRS.

01.

Two paths, one program

A Huntington Park loan officer reads the statements against both paths before recommending one. Covering the loan outright keeps income out of the file and keeps the reserve requirement off at the refinance leverage, but it needs assets equal to the loan. Depleting the assets into income does not need the balances to cover the loan, opens investment property and cash-out at their own ceilings, and brings the ratio test back. The recommendation follows the balances.

02.

The asset qualifier path

The credited total must reach the loan amount, and the loan must sit inside the path’s leverage: a share of the price on a purchase, a lower share of the value on a refinance. Reserves are not required at or below the refinance leverage. The usual way a Huntington Park file that falls short is repaired is a larger down payment, which lowers the loan to what the assets cover.

03.

The asset depletion path

On the asset depletion path the lender applies a haircut to each account type, adds up what remains, and divides the total by a fixed number of months to produce a monthly qualifying income. Cash and certificates of deposit count in full, securities at a lower share, private stock lower still, retirement accounts lower again regardless of age, and real-estate equity lowest. A Huntington Park file then runs through the debt-to-income test with the new payment included.

04.

Seasoning, statements, and what counts

Seasoning means how long the money has been where the statements say it is. On the asset qualifier path, two months of statements for each qualifying account is the rule. On the asset depletion path the lender wants statements at least four months old plus the most recent one, with the sale of a business, an inheritance, or a legal settlement excused from the wait. A Huntington Park buyer planning a purchase after a liquidity event plans the seasoning first.

The Core Calculation
Price − down payment = loan; loan ≤ usable assets = the asset qualifier test is met; loan > usable assets = the asset depletion path, where the derived income must carry the ratio; credit, seasoning, and leverage still apply.

Two paths, one set of inputs. The calculator shows the largest loan the assets would cover on the asset qualifier path inside the leverage ceiling, and the monthly income the same accounts would produce on the asset depletion path, so a Huntington Park buyer can see which path the balance sheet favors before a loan officer confirms it.

Huntington Park Market Context

Huntington Park’s market in figures — and how asset-based lending fits.

The local median home value is the floor of the conversation for a buyer who qualifies on assets, not the ceiling: the program’s loan amounts run well past it. The Census figures below give Huntington Park’s population, typical home value, and ownership, the ground an asset-based file sits above.

Read the figures as backdrop. These are context figures, not underwriting inputs. A typical value sets the scale of the loan, the ownership share says how many households are likely to be buyers rather than renters, and the owner count says how wide the comparable pool is when the appraisal is written.

53,108Population (ACS 2020–2024)
$572,700Median owner-occupied home value (ACS 2020–2024)
24.2%Households that own their home (ACS 2020–2024)
$59,996Median household income (ACS 2020–2024)

Data sources: U.S. Census Bureau — ACS 5-Year (2024) housing and population estimates, including tenure, home values, gross rents, and household income.

Huntington Park Submarkets

Distinct Huntington Park neighborhoods, distinct asset files.

A loan officer sees Huntington Park as a set of distinct files, not one market. Below are the submarkets where asset-based loans are written most often, with the path, the occupancy, and the appraisal question each one usually raises.

01.

Newer executive subdivisions

Huntington Park’s newer executive subdivisions appraise cleanly and produce the program’s simplest files: a retiree or a seller of a business, a loan inside the purchase leverage, and usable assets that cover it. The only questions are the account rules. On a home in Huntington Park priced at or above the median, the asset qualifier path finances up to 80% of the price on a purchase — the balance of the price is the down payment, and the usable assets must cover the loan itself.

02.

Rural acreage and farmettes

Acreage around Huntington Park raises the residential-use question: the property must be a home, not a farm, and outbuildings carry little value. On the asset side the file is ordinary; on the property side the placing lender’s rules decide eligibility, and a loan officer confirms them before the path is chosen. Median household income in Huntington Park sits near $59,996 on the latest Census estimate.

03.

The retiree buying on a portfolio

A Huntington Park retiree buying on assets rarely tests the program’s ceilings. The questions are the account rules: the retirement credit by age, which balances count, and whether the proceeds of a prior home sale have seasoned. A loan officer reads the statements and names the path. About 76% of Huntington Park’s households rent — roughly 11,108 renter households on the latest Census estimate.

04.

Lakefront and view properties

Lakefront and view homes near Huntington Park appraise on scarce comparable sales and often carry flood insurance, which enters the depletion path’s ratio as part of the housing payment. On the asset qualifier path the insurance is a cost of ownership; on the depletion path it is part of what the derived income must carry. Huntington Park is home to about 53K people.

05.

Historic and estate homes

Huntington Park’s historic and estate homes are valued on few comparable sales, and the leverage is applied to the appraised value. A buyer covering the loan on assets plans a margin above the loan so a value that lands under the contract does not push the file onto the depletion path. The median owner-occupied home value in Huntington Park runs near $572,700 on the latest Census estimate.

06.

Second homes in the area

Huntington Park’s second homes are bought on assets by households with a residence elsewhere and a portfolio. The asset qualifier path covers the loan when the balances allow; the depletion path converts them when they do not. Roughly 3,545 Huntington Park households own their homes on the latest Census estimate — 24% of all households, the pool an asset-based purchase joins.

A Huntington Park loan officer uses submarket knowledge to set expectations about value and comparable sales; the program’s figures are set by the sheets, not by the neighborhood, and every file is held to them.

How Huntington Park Buyers Use Asset-Based Mortgages

Four ways Huntington Park buyers put their assets to work.

Four ways Huntington Park buyers put the program to work, from a principal residence bought on assets alone to a rental financed on depletion income. Each use names the path and the detail that most often decides the file.

Asset depletion purchase

Turn a portfolio into qualifying income

A Huntington Park buyer whose assets are substantial but short of the loan uses the asset depletion path: the eligible accounts are haircut by type, added up, and divided by the divisor into a monthly income that carries the new payment through the debt-to-income test. The minimum-assets rule applies when that income stands alone, and is waived when it supplements documented earnings.

Asset qualifier refinance

Refinance a home the assets already stand behind

Replacing an old loan on assets rather than income keeps a Huntington Park household from documenting earnings it no longer has. The path’s refinance ceiling is lower than its purchase ceiling, and the assets must still cover the whole new loan; a loan officer confirms cash-out treatment with the lender before the file is placed.

Second home or investment

Finance a second home or a rental on assets

Second homes are a natural fit: a Huntington Park household with a portfolio and a principal residence elsewhere buys the second home on assets, covering the loan outright when the balances allow and depleting them into income when they do not. Rentals follow the depletion path’s investment ceiling and its cash-out rules.

Asset qualifier purchase

Buy a home on assets alone, with no income in the file

A Huntington Park buyer whose usable assets equal or exceed the loan buys a principal residence or a second home on the asset qualifier path: no employment verified, no tax returns, no income calculation. The down payment is at least the share of the price above the leverage ceiling, the statements cover two months, and the credit score sits at or above the published floor.

Asset Coverage Estimate

Measure a Huntington Park loan against the assets before requesting a review.

Use the calculator to see which path a Huntington Park balance sheet favors. If the usable assets cover the loan, the asset qualifier path is open and no income enters the file; if they fall short, the depletion reading beside it shows the monthly income the assets would produce and the payment that income would need to carry.

Editable asset-based scenario

Huntington Park asset coverage estimate

The starting figures are a Huntington Park price in the upper part of the market with a loan at seventy percent of it and a balance sheet that covers the loan at the under-59½ retirement credit. Every field is editable, and the benchmark updates weekly from the Freddie Mac series.

Editable benchmark: 7.40% as of October 15, 2026 · Freddie Mac 30-year average via FRED®. A conventional market reference, not an asset-based mortgage quote.

—Loan-to-value against the path’s ceiling for the purpose chosen.
—Usable assets on the asset qualifier path against the loan amount.

Illustrative starting assumptions: a $800,000 price above the Huntington Park median, a loan at seventy percent of the price, a balance sheet split among cash, brokerage, and retirement accounts with the owner under 59½, a thirty-year payment at the current Freddie Mac conforming benchmark, property taxes and insurance estimated for California (U.S. Census Bureau). Every field is editable.

Asset qualifier path — do the assets cover the loan?
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Usable assets after the credit percentages, measured against the loan amount entered.
—Usable assets on the asset qualifier path (retirement credited by the owner’s age)
—Largest loan these assets cover on the asset qualifier path, inside the leverage ceiling
—Assets counted on the asset depletion path, after the haircuts
—Monthly qualifying income on the asset depletion path (counted assets divided by the divisor)
—Estimated total monthly housing payment: principal and interest at the benchmark, plus taxes and insurance
—Housing payment and other debts against the depletion income

Illustrative estimate only — not a Loan Estimate, approval, quote, or commitment to lend. The credit percentages, the haircuts, and the divisor are wholesale program parameters hydrated from Lendmire’s guideline endpoint; the lender’s own calculation governs, and which accounts count, how they season, and what the age rule allows are settled in underwriting. The rate field carries the weekly Freddie Mac thirty-year conforming benchmark, a market reference and not an asset-based mortgage quote; the terms on an asset-based mortgage are set by the lender at lock. Taxes and insurance are estimates. Nothing here is tax or investment advice.

Asset Qualifier vs. Asset Depletion vs. Bank Statement

Same buyer, three ways to document the file.

Three routes to the same closing table, compared on what each one counts: the balance sheet in full, the balance sheet as income, or the deposit history of a business owner. A Huntington Park loan officer prices the route the file supports best, and the comparison below explains how the choice is made.

Structure Comparison

Assets that cover the loan, assets as income, or deposits as income.

The asset qualifier path

Usable assets equal to the whole loan, no employment or income documented, principal residences and second homes, purchase and refinance at the path’s leverage, two months of statements, reserves not required at or below the refinance leverage. The path with the fewest questions, and the one that asks the assets to cover the whole loan.

The asset depletion path

Haircut assets divided by the divisor into a monthly income, then the debt-to-income test with the new payment. Principal residences, second homes, and investment property; purchase, rate-and-term, and cash-out at published ceilings; a minimum-assets rule when the income stands alone; longer seasoning.

A bank statement loan

Business or personal deposits over a run of statements, read as income with an expense factor, for the self-employed owner whose tax returns understate the business. Balances are not the point; cash flow is. Leverage and reserves follow that program’s own matrix. See Lendmire’s bank statement loan program.

Where each one fits

Assets that cover the loan, assets that become income, deposits that become income: three answers to one question, and the right one for a Huntington Park household is read off its statements. The comparison on this page is run for real on every file before the lender’s terms are put in writing. Loans above the conforming limit on documented income: Lendmire’s jumbo loan program.

Typical File Components

What to prepare for a Huntington Park scenario review.

An asset-based file is documented through statements rather than pay stubs, so the preparation is account-centered: every eligible account, every page of every statement for the required months, and the paperwork behind any large or recent deposit. The list below is the usual Huntington Park set.

Government photo IDCurrent identification for every borrower on the loan; the lender verifies identity and runs the required screening before the file is placed with the program.
Occupancy statementPrincipal residence, second home, or investment property; the occupancy decides which path is open and which leverage ceiling applies, and it is confirmed with intent and use.
Paperwork behind large depositsA sale of property or a business, an inheritance, a legal settlement, or a transfer between the borrower’s own accounts, each documented with the papers that produced the money.
Retirement account statements and the owner’s date of birthA 401(k) or IRA is credited by the owner’s age on the asset qualifier path, so the lender confirms which side of the age line the owner stands on for each account.
The purchase contract or the current mortgage statementOn a purchase, the contract sets the price the leverage is measured against; on a refinance, the payoff and the existing note set the new loan.
Credit authorizationThe credit report is pulled once, read against the asset qualifier path’s floor or the depletion path’s matrix, where the housing history and any prior housing event are also reviewed.

This is a general preparation guide, not a universal checklist. The selected lender may request additional information based on the transaction, the property, the path, the accounts, and the credit picture. Nothing here is legal, tax, or investment advice.

Huntington Park File Considerations

Local details that can change the loan.

These are the questions a Huntington Park loan officer asks before recommending a path, because each can change the loan: the retirement credit, the seasoning, the eligible accounts, the occupancy, and the leverage for the purpose. None is a surprise if it is asked early.

Before You Move Forward

Use these checks to keep the Huntington Park file clean and fundable.

Three things to settle before a Huntington Park review: which side of the age line the owner of each retirement account stands on, whether every account has seasoned for the path, and whether the usable total reaches the loan or the file belongs on the depletion path instead.

  • Confirm the age rule: a birthday close to the age line can change the usable total and the path.
  • Count the months: two months of statements per account cover the loan on the asset qualifier path.
  • Name the occupancy: a first-time investor needs a stronger score on the depletion path.
i.

Retirement accounts and the age line

The owner’s age decides how much of a 401(k) or IRA counts on the asset qualifier path: a reduced share under 59½ and the full balance from 59½ on. For a Huntington Park file built mostly on retirement money, a birthday can be the difference between covering the loan and falling short, and a loan officer checks the date against the age line before the path is chosen.

ii.

Seasoning by path

The lender wants to see that the money has been the borrower’s for a while and is not a loan dressed as an asset. Recent transfers are traced to the account they came from; recent deposits are documented with their source. A Huntington Park file with a clean trail seasons without friction; one with unexplained deposits waits.

iii.

Occupancy decides the path

A second home on assets is common and straightforward on both paths; a rental on assets is a depletion file by definition. The Huntington Park loan officer confirms the occupancy with the borrower’s intent and the property’s use, and the lender holds the file to it. A rental’s own appraisal and lease are read beside the statements.

iv.

Reserves by path

Reserves are light on this program: the assets that qualify the loan are the reserves, and on the asset qualifier path none are required at or below the refinance leverage; above it, up to the purchase ceiling, the lender sets the requirement. A Huntington Park buyer still plans the down payment and closing costs so the usable total is not reduced at closing.

v.

Which accounts count

Not every balance is an asset to the program. Brokerage, savings, money market, certificates of deposit, and retirement accounts count. Custodial accounts, deferred compensation, escrow balances, foreign funds, cash on hand, stock options, unvested restricted stock, and funds held at non-regulated companies do not. A Huntington Park loan officer sorts the statements into the two piles first.

A Clear Process

From a Huntington Park asset review to keys in hand.

An asset-based purchase runs in a fixed order: a review of the statements that settles the path and the leverage, a contract and an appraisal, underwriting of the accounts and the credit, and closing. The steps below describe each for a Huntington Park file.

i.

Asset review

Start with the statements, the credit score, the occupancy, and the purpose. A Lendmire loan officer sorts the eligible accounts, applies the credit shares and the haircuts, reads the usable total against the loan on the asset qualifier path and into income on the depletion path, confirms the age rule for each retirement account, and puts the result in writing.

ii.

Contract and appraisal

The contract sets the price the loan is measured against; the appraisal confirms the value supports it. On a Huntington Park file where the assets just cover the loan, an appraisal that lands under the price is answered with a larger down payment, which lowers the loan the assets must cover.

iii.

Underwriting

Underwriting on an asset-based file is about the accounts: every page of every statement, every large deposit explained, every retirement owner’s age confirmed, the seasoning counted. On the depletion path the ratio is calculated with the new payment; on the asset qualifier path the total is confirmed against the loan.

iv.

Closing

At closing the down payment and the closing costs are paid, the loan funds, and the accounts that qualified the file stay where they were. The lender reads the balances as they stand after the funds to close are drawn, which is why a Huntington Park file keeps a margin above the threshold.

Why Lendmire

A brokerage that reads both paths.

The program behind these pages is placed with select lenders in Lendmire’s wholesale network, and Lendmire is never the lender. What the brokerage adds is the comparison: the asset qualifier path against the depletion path against a bank statement loan on the same Huntington Park statements, and written terms for the one that fits.

i.

Both paths, one set of statements

The comparison printed on this page is run for real on every Huntington Park file: assets that cover the loan beside assets that become income beside deposits read as income, and the written terms follow from it. The buyer sees the usable total on each path, the margin above the loan, and the derived income beside the payment before anything is signed.

ii.

The account rules explained before the offer

Reading the statements early is the whole method. A Huntington Park loan officer sorts the accounts, confirms the owners’ ages against the age line, counts the months, and names the usable total on each path, in writing, before an offer is drafted. The aim is a file with as little as possible left to be discovered in underwriting.

iii.

Licensed, consumer-purpose, in writing

Every figure on this page is a program parameter drawn from one guideline source. The written terms for a Huntington Park file come from a licensed loan officer after the review, the credit report, and the appraisal; the page is where the method is explained, not where the loan is made.

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Questions Huntington Park Buyers Ask

Huntington Park asset-based mortgage FAQs

Plain answers to the questions Huntington Park buyers ask most about asset-based mortgages, in the order they usually come up: what the program is, how each path works, how retirement accounts are counted, and what the credit and leverage rules are.

What is an asset-based mortgage?

An asset-based mortgage is a consumer home loan qualified on what the borrower owns rather than what the borrower earns. The lender counts eligible accounts, credits each at a share, and either requires the total to cover the whole loan or converts it into a monthly income. In Huntington Park it is the loan for retirees, sellers of businesses, and households living on a portfolio.

How does the asset qualifier path work?

It covers the loan with the balances. Brokerage, savings, money market, and certificates of deposit count in full; retirement accounts count at a reduced share under 59½ and in full from 59½ on; the accounts combine. A Huntington Park buyer whose credited total reaches the loan is written on this path with two months of statements per account.

How does the asset depletion path work?

It converts assets into income. Cash and certificates of deposit count in full, securities at a lower share, retirement accounts lower still regardless of age, and real-estate equity lowest; the haircut total is divided by the divisor and treated as monthly income. The path reaches principal residences, second homes, and investment property.

How are 401(k) and IRA balances counted, and why does 59½ matter?

Under 59½, the asset qualifier path credits most of a 401(k) or IRA; at or past 59½, all of it. The depletion path ignores age and applies its own haircut before dividing by the months. The calculator on this page has a switch for the age line so a Huntington Park buyer can see the difference on the actual balances.

What credit score does an asset-based mortgage need?

Assets do not replace credit. A Huntington Park borrower needs the score at or above the floor for the path; the depletion path also reads the housing history, tolerates one late housing payment in the past year at a cost, and does not accept repeated bankruptcies. The score is read from the report at application.

Do I need to show any income at all?

The program exists because income on paper understates many households’ means. On the asset qualifier path the question is never asked; on the depletion path it is answered by arithmetic. A Huntington Park loan officer explains which path the statements support before any income paperwork is discussed.

How large can the loan be?

Large. The path that covers the loan with assets reaches well into the jumbo range, and the path that converts assets into income reaches nearly as far. For a Huntington Park buyer the practical limit is usually the balance sheet rather than the program: the loan the assets cover, or the payment the derived income carries.

How is this different from a bank statement loan?

Deposits versus balances. The bank statement program applies an expense factor to a run of business deposits and calls the result income. The asset-based program credits or haircuts the balances and either covers the loan or divides them into income. A retiree with no deposits has nothing for the first and everything for the second.

Can I take cash out?

Cash-out is a depletion-path feature with a published ceiling; on the asset qualifier path it is at the lender’s discretion. For a Huntington Park file the loan officer confirms which path the refinance sits on and what leverage the purpose allows before the new loan is sized.

Are reserves required?

Not at or below the refinance leverage on the asset qualifier path, and the depletion path lists no reserve months; above the refinance leverage the lender sets the requirement. The practical reserve question is different: a file that just clears the asset threshold before closing may not clear it after the down payment leaves the account, and the calculator’s margin is the figure a Huntington Park buyer watches; a loan officer plans the funds to close around it.

Get Started

Qualify on what you own in Huntington Park, with both paths read.

An asset-based review is the first step, and it asks only for the statements. The statements are read against both paths and a bank statement loan, and the recommendation follows the numbers.