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WASHINGTON – In an effort to continue stabilizing home values and improve conditions in communities experiencing high foreclosure activity, Acting Federal Housing Administration Commissioner Carol J. Galante today extended a temporary waiver of FHA’s anti-flipping regulations through 2012.  Read FHA’s anti-flipping waiver.

“This extension is intended to accelerate the resale of foreclosed properties in neighborhoods struggling to overcome the possible effects of abandonment and blight,” said Galante.  “FHA remains a critical source of mortgage financing and stability and we must make every effort to promote recovery in every responsible way we can.”

With certain exceptions, FHA rules prohibit insuring a mortgage on a home owned by the seller for less than 90 days.  In 2010, however, FHA temporarily waived this regulation through January 31, 2011, and later extended that waiver through the remainder of 2011.  The new extension 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The extension announced today is effective through December 31, 2012, unless otherwise extended or withdrawn by FHA.  All other terms of the existing Waiver will remain the same.  The Waiver contains strict conditions and guidelines to prevent the predatory practice of property flipping, in which properties are quickly resold at inflated prices to unsuspecting borrowers.  The Waiver continues to be limited to sales meeting the following conditions:

• All transactions must be arms-length, 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, the Waiver will apply only if the lender meets specific conditions, and documents the justification for the increase in value; and
• The Waiver is limited to forward mortgages, and does not apply to the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) for purchase program.

 Since the original waiver went into effect on February 1, 2010, FHA has insured nearly 42,000 mortgages worth more than $7 billion on properties resold within 90 days of acquisition.

FHA research finds that in today’s market, acquiring, rehabilitating and reselling these properties to prospective homeowners often takes less than 90 days.  Prohibiting the use of FHA mortgage insurance for a subsequent resale within 90 days of acquisition adversely impacts the willingness of sellers to allow contracts from potential FHA buyers because they must consider holding costs and the risk of vandalism associated with allowing a property to sit vacant over a 90-day period of time.

The Obama Administration has enhanced the HARP program to help homeowners and investors refinance underwater mortgages. This is a great way to increase cash flow on your investment real estate.  

• NO LTV limits (use to be 125%)
• Eliminating certain risk-based fees for borrowers
• Eliminating appraisals (allowed to use AVM (Automated Valuation Models)Extend the HARP date to Dec. 31 2013

• Their home must be serviced by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac (send Jesse Byrer registration form and I will verify)
• Loan must have been sold to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac before 5/31/2009
• Borrower must be current (no late payment in the last 6 months/ no more than 1×30 in the last 12 months)

I’ve attached a registration form to find out if your investment property will qualify: Click Here  

Email or Fax completed form to Jesse Byrer

The best locations to flip are DuPage, Northern Will, Southern Lake  and Eastern Kendall.

We have found homes in these area’s have low market times if they are priced correctly and sell in less than 100 days.

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