Non-Conforming and Nonstandard Loans

Non-conforming mortgages fall outside specified Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac purchase requirements and require product-specific comparison.

A non-conforming loan is generally a conventional mortgage that does not satisfy one or more requirements for purchase by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. A loan may be non-conforming because its amount exceeds the applicable limit or because another borrower, property, documentation, or product requirement is not met.

Term in This Branch

TermMain question
Non-Conforming LoanWhich Enterprise purchase requirement is not met, and how does that affect funding, underwriting, pricing, disclosures, and marketability?

Non-conforming does not automatically mean subprime, jumbo, non-qualified, low-documentation, or high-cost. Those labels test different facts and should be analyzed separately.

This page provides general financial education, not individualized mortgage, legal, tax, lending, or investment advice.

In this section

Choose a subsection first. Deeper term pages live inside each subsection, which keeps large topic hubs readable.

Non-Conforming Loan

A non-conforming mortgage falls outside one or more Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac purchase requirements, including applicable loan limits.

Browse Credit and Lending