I have been attempting to apply for a primary residence loan with various companies, most recently, Bank of America ( but also XXXX and XXXX XXXX. All of them have told me that I would be wise to pay cash for my new house because I do not have wages from a job to qualify adequately for a loan ( I am a XXXX, XXXX years old, and have sufficient income in my IRA according to my financial consultant to last till I am XXXX if I am careful ). I had planned to use the net income from the sale of my house in XXXX and from a small condo in XXXX ( my XXXX house ) to pay for the XXXX % down ( {$90000.00} ). I have XXXX other houses, rented, with some small extra income besides. I receive social security and take out enough from the IRA to cover all my expenses. The XXXX house I am buying equals in price the value of the XXXX houses I am selling. I have an excellent credit rating and have never had a financial problem ( foreclosure, etc. ). The Bank of America has told me, however, that all it can do is give me a mortgage for maybe {$170000.00} ( less than the $ XXXX I owe BOA currently, which the bank refinanced as a 15 year mortgage two years ago so that I could pay it off more quickly ). I have sent them my last XXXX tax returns, a XXXX for 2015 from my XXXX stock IRA, my Social Security XXXX, and an end of year summary at XXXX for the money my IRA and I have made this past year in a down year ( around $ XXXX ). Today I was told I must submit my 2015 return as part of the application process, which I thought I had till XXXX XXXX to submit. I am supposed to double-close on the primary residence I am selling and the new house I am buying at the same time/title company ( XXXX XXXX ) so my sellers can close on their house on XXXX XXXX. Not only do I believe this is illegal to ask for BEFORE XXXX XXXX, but I have n't finished it. Which means a defacto refusal on the part of Bank of America ( my executed contract for the house will expire in two weeks or so ). I was shocked when the agent told me I had n't even applied yet ( I thought I had ) and besides it would all need to be sent to the underwriter. I have been given a Prequalification Letter by Bank of America, which is why the sellers signed the contract. Dragging her feet means I will not be able to meet the contract deadline and perhaps not close at all timely. I believe that I am being discriminated against on the basis of age. I asked her what documents she needed for the approval that might be covered in the 2015 return, but she did not tell me. She just said she did not want to waste my time or money any further. I do not understand why I do not qualify for this loan, with XXXX houses and an IRA in value close to XXXX dollars. 
