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The Federal Housing Administration has extended FHA’s temporary waiver of the agency’s ‘anti-flipping rule.’  As a result lenders will continue to allow the waiver for the 30 Year Fixed FHA program. See below for details.

With certain exceptions, FHA regulations prohibit insuring a mortgage on a home owned by the seller for less than 90 days. Early last year, FHA temporarily waived this regulation through January 31, 2011.  FHA today posted a notice extending this waiver through the remainder of 2011. This action will permit buyers to continue to use FHA-insured financing to purchase HUD-owned properties, bank-owned properties, or properties resold through private sales. It will allow homes to resell as quickly as possible, helping to stabilize real estate prices and to revitalize neighborhoods and communities.

The extension announced today is effective through December 31, 2011, unless otherwise extended or withdrawn by FHA.  All other terms of the waiver will remain the same. The waiver contains strict conditions and guidelines to assure that predatory practices are not allowed.

To protect FHA borrowers against predatory practices of “flipping” where properties are quickly resold at inflated prices to unsuspecting borrowers, this waiver continues to be limited to those sales meeting the following general conditions:

• All transactions must be arms-length (no family to family, etc.), with no identity of interest between the buyer and seller or other parties participating in the sales transaction.

• In cases in which the sales price of the property is 20 percent or more above the seller’s acquisition cost, a property inspection report is required.

• In cases in which the sales price of the property is 50 percent or more above the seller’s acquisition cost, a property inspection report and second appraisal is required.

On Jan 31, 2011 the following was provided by:
Mitch Wilcox
Mortgage ConsultantResidential, Commercial, Investment, Reverse Mortgages, FHA/VA/USDA

Tags: Bend Real Estate, Black Butte Ranch Real Estate, Central Oregon Homes for Sale, Foreclosures in Central Oregon, Homes for sale in Sisters, Short Sales in Central Oregon

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