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4 Things I Wish I’d Known Before I Got an FHA Loan

Realtor

Now, the twist: It used to be that you had to pay this mortgage insurance on an FHA loan only until you gained 20% equity in your home. But under legislation passed in 2013, you can plan on paying that extra money for the life of the FHA loan. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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4 Things I Wish I’d Known Before I Got an FHA Loan

Realtor

Now, the twist: It used to be that you had to pay this mortgage insurance on an FHA loan only until you gained 20% equity in your home. But under legislation passed in 2013, you can plan on paying that extra money for the life of the FHA loan. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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Nearly 40 housing tech firms make the 2023 Inc. 5000 list

Housing Wire

487 LiveEasy 1,204% 2013 Real estate software company changing the way people manage their move and their homes. 497 BOSSCAT 1,175% 2018 Digitizing home inspection data to create instant repair estimates for homeowners and real estate professionals. Other established names to make the Inc. 4,105 FirstCloseFirstclose.

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PARKING AND THE IMPACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Will Springer Realtor

With each stall in a commercial garage costing tens of thousands of dollars to build, parking requirements can impose significant costs on property developers, owners and renters. Rather than allocating parking that goes unused, developers could propose sharing available space in nearby buildings. >> U.S. CONDO NEWS.

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WILL WAR IN UKRAINE IMPACT OUR HOUSING MARKET?

Will Springer Realtor

The home remodeling industry is a $368B business, according to Harvard researchers , and is expected to reach $432B by the end of this year. Soaring costs of labor and construction materials is certainly contributing to the rising figure but there is evidence of a sharp increase in home improvements since the start of the pandemic.