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Investors turn their eyes to affordable housing opportunities

Housing Wire

There’s a growing sense that affordable housing is a stable investment class for banks and insurance companies; even in the 2008 – 2009 recession, it held up well.”. For instance, it’s possible that housing tax credits and other supports for affordable housing could be sacrificed or functionally negated by property tax increases.

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Everything You Need to Know About Closing Cost Credits

Lamacchia Realty

Around 2009 all mortgage companies and regulators put a stop to it. Buyers instead can use this money toward all allowable closing costs such as pre-paid interest, escrows, taxes etc. The buyers will usually cover the loan origination fee, the mortgage escrow account, title insurance, and home appraisal fee.

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DOLLAR STORES MARKET TRENDS

Simonson Real Estate

As owner and founder of Simonson Appraisals, he leads the firm in delivering credible valuation services for financial institutions and attorneys specializing in the areas of condemnation, property tax appeal and estate planning. Marlo Headrick , Associate, Simonson Appraisals.

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What Is a Foreclosure and How Does it Work?

Quicken Loans

Foreclosure purchases thrived in 2009-2010 when a recession-battered housing market hit its peak foreclosure rate. Foreclosure can also happen when the homeowner fails to pay their property taxes or homeowners association fees. Foreclosure : the legal process in which a lender or mortgage investor takes back unpaid property.

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New York bill would require reverse mortgage lenders to strengthen consumer disclosures

Housing Wire

It goes on to claim that reverse mortgage foreclosures have taken place against borrowers for making payments mere cents short of their tax or mortgage insurance bills. PLFs were reduced in 2009, 2010, 2013 and 2017. FHA handed down a financial assessment requirement in 2014. Two years later, Gov.

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The MBA’s big push for lower FHA mortgage insurance premiums

Housing Wire

The trade group is calling for a reasonable reduction in mortgage insurance premiums on Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans. Advocating for change Mortgage insurance is typically required for borrowers with a down payment of less than 20%, meaning that it is necessary for FHA borrowers, who can qualify with as little as 3.5%

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