what impacts house maintenance requirements
the house maintenance requirement will often be higher than the maintenance margin set out by the federal reserve s regulation t which stipulates that an equity level of at least 25 must be maintained 1in addition to maintaining higher more stringent house maintenance requirements than the 25 mandated by regulation t brokerage firms often also have different house maintenance requirements for different account holders typically this stratification is based on the size creditworthiness or perceived sophistication of the client for example smaller and less experienced margin traders may be required to adhere to a 40 house maintenance requirement while larger and more experienced clients may receive a 30 threshold the type of investment can also have an impact for example small more volatile stocks may carry higher margin requirements than an investment in a big well established s p 500 company 4