Clavon condo at Clementi by UOL just beside Nanhua Primay School, will be getting popularity among parents specially after there is a new FHA Condominium approval rule as of October 15, 2019. The notable change in the rule is that it will allow some individual condominium units to be possibly eligible for FHA mortgage insurance even [...]
FHA condo recertification should get easier, thanks to the passage of H.R.3700 - Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016 on July 14. It also lowers the current owner-occupancy from 50% to 35%, which should hopefully make more Baltimore County condominium communities eligible for FHA financing. Right now, there are a number of Baltimore County condo [...]
FHA condo financing has gotten harder for many customers over the past few years. Luckily some changes announced in September could help. The National Association of REALTORS(R) broke down the changes: 1) Investors can buy up to half of project units. The maximum before was 10% investor-owned. 2) More commercial space is allowed in a [...]
Recently, there were changes made to the FHA condo regulations on which projects can be FHA insured or not. According to a Washington Post rundown of the changes, a major one is the "spot approval" that used to be acceptable to be eligible for an FHA loan. Another article goes more in depth on the [...]
FHA Condo approval expiration dates were extended by the FHA, and this news shared by one of my mortgage partners, Brian Picker, of 1st Mariner Mortgage Corporation. Thank you, Brian! From Brian Picker, 1st Mariner Mortgage: Big news as older FHA Pre-construction Condos in Toronto projects were set to expire yesterday which would have been [...]
With the many changes in the mortgage industry, it is hard to keep up with what deadlines are coming up next. On December 7, 2010, the FHA condo recertification process must be completed by each individual condominium complex in order to be eligible for homebuyers to receive FHA financing in their building. There is an [...]
At the end of 2009, HUD changed its' condo approval process for FHA condo financing. No longer can a community be given a "spot" approval when a unit goes under contract if a buyer desires to use FHA financing. Condominium developments must be approved in advance of an FHA sale and the approval is only [...]