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FHA Changes for 2019: Loan Limits Raised, Premiums Unchanged
Some important changes to the FHA loan program were announced last week. According to the Department of Housing and Urban ...
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All Texas Counties Get Higher Conforming Loan Limits for 2019
The conforming loan limit for Texas has been increased for 2019. Next year, all 254 counties across the state of ...
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Philadelphia and San Jose: Biggest Home-Price Forecasts Among Major Cities
In a recent analysis conducted by the Home Buying Institute, Philadelphia and San Jose were found to have the highest ...
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Report: These 8 Housing Markets Are ‘Heating Up’ the Most for 2019
What do Wilmington, Philadelphia, Atlanta and Rochester have in common? According to a recent housing industry report and forecast, these ...
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Outlook: Three Mortgage-Industry Trends That We Might See in 2019
A new round of mortgage industry forecasts and projections suggest that higher interest rates could lead to a purchase-dominated mortgage ...
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San Diego Gets a ‘Slow but Steady’ Housing Forecast for 2019
A recent forecast for the San Diego real estate market suggests that home prices will continue rising into 2019, but ...
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Average Credit Score for FHA Borrowers Dropped to 681 in 2018
An October 2018 report published by CoreLogic (a housing analytics and research company) showed that the average credit score among ...
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Jacksonville Leads Housing Forecasts Among Florida’s Major Cities
Florida's statewide Realtor association recently issued an overall rosy assessment of the state's real estate market. Forecasts from other industry ...
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Analysis: FHA Loans Most Popular in Rhode Island, Mississippi, Maryland
According to data collected by the Urban Institute, Rhode Island is the number-one state in the country for FHA loan ...
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Too Much Debt: the #1 Reason for Mortgage Rejection Last Year
Editor's note: This is the second article in a two-part series. In part one, we explained how the overall rate ...
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