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House Passes FHA Reform Bill

By a very strong bipartisan vote of 406 – 4 the House passed H.R. 5072, the “FHA Reform Act of 2010″. This bill, sponsored by Rep. Waters (D-CA) and Capito (R-WV) strengthens the FHA mortgage insurance program while keeping the program affordable and available for responsible homeowners. The bill will allow FHA to increase the annual (monthly) premium. This is a victory for homebuyers. In February, FHA increased the upfront premium from 1.75% to 2.25%. With this new authority, HUD will DECREASE the upfront premium to 1% and increase the annual premium from .55% to .85%. This will reduce the upfront burden on homeowners while most quickly restoring FHA’s reserves to the congressionally mandated level. The bill also included an amendment to increase the FHA multifamily loan limits in multi-story (elevator) buildings. The House defeated amendments to raise the FHA downpayment requirement, decrease the loan limits, and cap the market share for FHA. The NAR-supported bill now moves to the Senate.

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Governor Schwarzenegger Signs $10,000 Homebuyer Tax Credit Legislation

Governor Schwarzenegger Signs $10,000 Homebuyer Tax Credit Legislation.

Starting May 1st, the very day after the federal tax credit ends, California’s tax credit kicks in!!!

This time it’s not just for new homes either.  First time buyers, purchasing new or existing homes can apply for the lesser of 5% of the sales price or $10,000.  This is good for accepted purchase contracts from May 1st through Dec 31, 2010. 

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Be on the look out for FHA, as they are trying to raise the monthly mortgage insurance premium (MIP) from .55% to .85%.
Reading in my posts below you will see that they are already raising the upfront MIP from 1.75% to 2.25%.
Check back here, as I will let you know if this gets passed.

A Little Fed and a lot of FHA

I heard the Tavern on the Green in Central Park is or has just closed. Here is a picture I took while there last September. Many people remember this place by the manicured animal shapes like this one.

The Fed says that the Fed’s Mortgage Backed Securities purchase program (see previous post), will end March 31st.  Overall this news was taken bad as rates got a little worse yesterday.

Also in a previous post, I commented on FHA changes.  Well it looks like the date for the increase in up front mortgage insurance (UFMIP) is April 5th.  The increase, just days after the Fed stops buying MBS’s, takes the UFMIP from 1.75% of the loan amount to 2.25%.  If you look at a $300,000 purchase price, and use FHA with the minimum 3.5% down, after April 5th your UFMIP will be $1,582 higher!  This is can be a problem for a lot of people.  I know, because I see how people struggle to save just enough for a down payment and closing costs.

It is true that UFMIP can be, and usually is financed into the loan amount, how ever that means higher payments.  While the impact to payments is low, those buyers who are already on the border for qualifying will be affected.

At some point the cap for seller credits will come into play as well.  Currently a seller can credit 6%, but FHA will shrink that to 3% sometime soon.

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