The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced last week that the maximum conforming loan limits for mortgages acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2013 will remain at existing levels. In most of the country, the loan limit will be $417,000 for one-unit properties. The loan limits are established under the terms of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA), and are calculated each year. Get a live mortgage rate quote in seconds - no SSN required The following chart contains the general loan limits for 2013: The following chart…
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Buying a Home After Short Sale, Foreclosure, Bankruptcy or Charge Off
Mortgage Meltdown of 2007 and rapid depreciation in real estate prices post that, resulted in financial crisis for a lot of homeowners. As a result of which, several of them went through a foreclosure, short-sale or bankruptcy. If you are one of those you must be trying to find out - how soon you can buy a house again. By the end of this post, you would know when you can qualify for mortgage - conventional loan, VA Loans or loans insured by Federal Housing Administration (FHA). When do I qualify for a…
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Good News about Principal Reductions and Underwater Mortgage Refinances
After years of a declining housing market and no solutions in sight, there are two terms that are making the light of day: Principal reduction and Underwater mortgage refinance. As everyone knows, the housing recession began in 2007 when housing values started falling and homeowners could not sell their homes. Then people who were over their heads in mortgages they could not afford started defaulting on their loans. The rest is housing meltdown history. Now, five years later, it appears that a few members of the calvary are riding in with principal reductions…
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Bay Area Conforming and FHA Jumbo Loan Limits are Going Down
Bay Area Conforming and FHA Mortgage Jumbo Loan Limits are Going Down in less than 4 weeks. Watch the Video below that talks about the FHA and Conforming Jumbo Loan Amounts going down to $625,000 and how will that impact Mortgage Financing for Home Purchase/refinance and Real Estate Prices in the area. Be sure to contact me at 408.615.0655 should you need more information.
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