Feb 28th 2012 10:50AM
By Jon Prior The Federal Housing Administration will raise mortgage insurance premiums this April in order to repair the health of its emergency fund. The FHA upfront mortgage insurance premium will increase to 1.75 percent from 1 percent of the base home loan amount. This will apply regardless of the term or... Continue Reading »
Sep 22nd 2010 2:00PM
When you're hunting for a house, the cost of home insurance is probably at the bottom of your shopping list. But you should probably move it up a few notches. Sue and Joe Davis learned this when they went house hunting recently. While Sue loves old Victorian homes, he loves new, freshly built ones. Obviously, maintenance... Continue Reading »
Aug 9th 2010 11:56PM
Ever since the housing crisis hit, homeowners unable to secure loans from private lenders -- which have gone back to requiring the traditional 20 percent down payment -- have relied on government-insured loans offered for as little as 3.5 percent down. Now the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is tightening its belt by... Continue Reading »
