The Federal Housing Administration has released its most recent revisions to the guidelines for condominiums seeking approval for FHA-backed mortgage loans.
The revisions go into effect immediately and will expire Aug. 31, 2014. The revisions were made in...
FHFA ISSUES MAJOR REVISIONS TO DEED-BASED TRANSFER FEE PROPOSAL
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has issued a revised draft of their proposed regulation on deed-based transfer fees. Their revisions reflect the comments expressed by CAI and its members. CAI expressed strong concerns over FHFA’s assertion that such fees do not benefit community associations. The new draft proposal will be open for public comment for 60 days and CAI will follow up with a full analysis and sample comments.
In August of 2010, FHFA issued draft guidance which would have prohibited Fannie Mae and other mortgage finance entities from purchasing any mortgage for property with a deed-based transfer fee. FHFA included deed-based transfer fees charged community associations. Since nearly half of all community associations charge such fess, the proposal, if adopted, would have rendered up to 11 million homes in community associations unmarketable by cutting off most mortgage financing.