Puzzled about combo 80-15 80-10 or an 80-5 mortgage? We can help! Combo mortgage loans sometimes called a Piggy-Back loan, is a program designed to help Borrower’s purchase a home with 5-15% down while avoiding Mortgage Insurance. A combo loan is actually 2 mortgage loans, a 1st mortgage (at 80% of the value of the home) and […]
Texas FHA Loan When buying a home in Texas, an FHA loan offers some advantages. For good reason, it is a popular choice for first-time buyers, but this doesn’t need to be your first property to benefit from this government-backed loan program. Features of the FHA Mortgage Program Created and insured by the Federal Housing […]
Before you consider buying a condo, it is important to find out if the condo has been approved by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, if you are going to use a conventional loan. If you are using a government-insured loan from the FHA, VA, or USDA, the condo project has to be approved by their requirements.
On the banks of Zumbro River in Minnesota is Olmsted County’s county seat, the city of Rochester. Rochester is the largest city in Minnesota behind the Twin Cities metro area. Population and Number of Homes The recent census from 2010 shows that Rochester has 106,760 citizens. There were over 45,000 housing units making the density […]
The Mortgage Credit Certificate (MCC) is a tax credit that has been around for a number of years to help Wisconsin homeowners improve their ability to pay for their mortgage. Here are the basic guidelines of how the program works.
For potential home buyers who are in need of saving money on their purchase, there are some great ways to buy a home with a no or low down payment requirement. A few of the loans have very specific requirements in order to qualify. However, as we will show, most of these loans are available […]
According to a recent update from the Federal Housing Administration, also called FHA, there are higher loan limits available. All areas around the country will benefit from the FHA floor maximum loan limit of $498,257. This amount is the new maximum for a single-family home. FHA also offers financing for multi-unit homes, up to a […]
Over the past few years, the basic guidelines for lending money on investment properties have changed greatly. At one time, during the late 1990s and into the early 2000s, multiple mortgage lenders offered various loans designed specifically for buying a rental property. However, with the real estate crash, all of that has changed. Listed below […]
Back in 2009, as the mortgage crisis was slowly ending, many homeowners found themselves in a terrible position; their home was worth much less than their current mortgage balance. To persuade people to stay in their homes and avoid a wave of foreclosures across the country, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac introduced the HARP plan. […]
The overall strong real estate market has seen major booms in the last few years. The increase in average prices have led to a change in the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac conventional loan limits, yet again. For the year 2024, the maximum loan limit amount allowed by either Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae for […]
