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Mar 7

New FHA Mortgage-Aid Plan

Obama administration has unveiled a new mortgage-aid plan to help homeowners and first time buyers with FHA (Federal Housing Administration) mortgages. The government is going to lower the fees associated with refinancing a FHA mortgage and for first-time FHA borrowers. The explanation of changes is:

“The fee is now 1.15 percent of the mortgage balance each year. Those fees are unappealing to many borrowers who want to refinance. The plan would cut the fee to 0.55 percent. The current up-front premium would also be lowered, from 1 percent of the loan balance to .01 percent. As a result, a borrower who owed $175,000 on a mortgage could save about $1,750 in one-time fees and more than $1,000 per year in annual fees by refinancing. The borrower could save nearly $150 a month more if the interest rate declined from 5 percent to 4 percent.”

http://www.floridarealtors.org/NewsAndEvents/article.cfm?p=2&id=272796

If this sounds like something you might be interested in, contact Grayton Coast Properties for Santa Rosa Beach Lenders who can provide more information on mortgage-aid programs. (850)231.2886

Feb 22

Distressed Properties in 2011

In the areas of North Santa Rosa Beach, South Santa Rosa Beach, South Walton East, and Point Washington from January 1^st, 2011 to December 31^st 2011 (the year of 2011) there were 692 Total Residential Single Family Homes Sold. Of the total 692 sales in these areas, 153 were Short Sales, meaning 22% of Sales of Residential Single Family Homes were sold at a price less than the owner owed on the mortgage. The total number of foreclosure (REO-Real Estate Owned) properties was 105, meaning 15% of homes sold in our area last year were bank owned.