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ARMs race: adjustable-rate mortgages make a comeback

Housing Wire

The 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, created in direct response to the financial crisis, requires lenders to check a buyer’s ability to repay (ATR), which protects them from predatory lending practices. It’s not a bad thing for borrowers, lenders, and loan investors. Not a one-size fits all”.

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Appraising Fixer Uppers

Appraisal Today

The terms “entrepreneurial incentive” and “entrepreneurial profit” are typically discussed in terms of investment property, but the principles involved can also be applied to the many fixer-uppers—whether the buyer is a “purely investor type” or an “owner occupied investor type.”

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What the Biden tax plans mean for the housing market

Housing Wire

Investors in commercial estate utilize this provision to rollover capital gains from one property to a “like-kind” property. Although residents of states with high property values and steep state and local tax rates (e.g.,

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Opinion: FHA should lower Mortgage Insurance Premium

Housing Wire

Just look at HUD’s own data on FHA lending: 1. Compare this to the larger market of the GSEs who only hit a 45% FTHB rate and it is clear that FHA is the primary entry program to homeownership and hits younger people at a time where every penny counts — far more than those in higher income brackets.

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