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FHA borrower fee gridlock draws ire of industry

Housing Wire

The Federal Housing Administration ’s (FHA) decision to withhold a mortgage insurance premium cut has confounded mortgage policy experts and industry stakeholders. Ed Golding, who was FHA commissioner from 2015 to 2017, said it’s “likely” budget issues are holding up a MIP reduction. “To In effect, it’s a tax on FHA borrowers.

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What Biden’s infrastructure plan does for housing

Housing Wire

Among the unknowns servicers face in 2021 are changes that could affect lender-placed insurance (LPI). That tax hike would essentially roll back tax cuts from former President Donald Trump’s 2017 bill, which capped the amount of state and local taxes that could be deducted from federal income taxes at $10,000.

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Supporting Your Medical Practice with Digital Solutions

GoForrmz

Healthgrades Survey (2017). This can be clinic-specific information (such as which physician or provider they’re seeing) or even insurance information. Digital forms that can also accept images of insurance cards are a great way to save time, and keep your staff from having to make copies or scans. ” — Stax Inc.

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The Proposed NYC "Pied-A-Terre Tax" Looks Catastrophic to NYC Real Estate

Miller Samuel

Andrew Cuomo's office suggested last week that such a levy might reap $9 billion for the moribund Metropolitan Transportation Authority over the next decade and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie reiterated his chamber's support proposal at a Crain's breakfast forum days later. Mayor Bill de Blasio gave it his blessing as well.

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Houston Housing Market Forecast: Current Data & 2021 Predictions

Houston Properties

What’s shocking is (through the end of 2020) about 23% of Houston neighborhoods in specific areas are still selling at LOWER PRICES than before Hurricane Harvey hit in 2017. On the other hand, the four restaurant workers would still need to spend monthly payments for rent, food, transportation, and insurance.

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Millennials Expected To Maintain Real Estate Buying Intensity

Will Springer Realtor

An insurance company offered a good example of just how bad it has gotten. penthouse on the 20 th floor of the Millennium Tower in downtown was sold in 2017 as an unfinished shell by Howard Schultz for $7.5M. This is disproportionate to the overall national number of about 5.5% of all homes that are categorized as a second home. >>