Sources: Wells Fargo to Eliminate 100% Financing

Wells Fargo will announce the elimination of 100% financing for all credit grades, loan sizes and document types shortly. This move acknowledges the recent downturn in the housing market and the lack of investor confidence in the US housing market. Clearly, very few people with money to buy MBS on Wall Street are betting that home values have stabilized or will show any signs of positive equity gain in the near-term future. I am not sure if this change is going to be nationwide or California only, but I suspect it will be a nationwide change to guidelines. Wells Fargo will continue to do 100% financing in one situation only: they will lend an 80% first with a 20% seller carry-back second for fully documented borrowers only. Other than that 100% financing is imminently is danger of extinc