Buying & Selling

Fannie Mae: The Future of Condo Lending

Fannie Mae remains focused on long-term homeownership sustainability, continuously refining our property and underwriting requirements to help set homebuyers up…

10 months ago

HOA Fees: What To Know Before Buying a Home

An HOA, or homeowners association, is a type of community association made up of all of the homeowners in a…

11 months ago

FHA-approved condos: What they are and how they work

FHA-approved condos may seem like a no-brainer. They allow you to build equity without having to maintain a home or…

12 months ago

Buyers of Trump-developed condominiums haven’t done so well, new report says

Citing data from the CoreLogic analytics firm, the study found that while the median price for condo sales between 2019…

12 months ago

Co-op/Condo/HOA Instructions Included: The Importance of Governing-Document Literacy

Congratulations, you’ve bought a unit in a co-op, condo, or HOA! Now that you’ve got your deed or your shares…

12 months ago

HOA not necessary party in title insurance dispute (VA)

Where a title insurer was sued because of a dispute over who holds title to certain real estate, the homeowners’…

12 months ago

Is Your Condo or HOA on the Fannie Mae Unavailable List? (IL)

The Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA, otherwise known as Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC, commonly…

1 year ago

Condominium blacklists: Secretive lending questionnaires impacting affordable housing

Updated lending questionnaires introduced last year by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have restricted access to mortgages and created condominium…

1 year ago

Fannie Mae’s Secret ‘Blacklist’ of Properties As Many as 1,700 Condos, Co-ops & HOAs May Be Affected

According to a recent investigative piece by the Orange County (Florida) Register, Fannie Mae is keeping a secret “blacklist” of…

1 year ago