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FHA Extends Anti-Flipping Waiver into 2012

December 29, 2011

The FHA has extended a waiver to its anti-flipping rules into 2012. Under normal circumstances FHA rules forbid taking out an FHA mortgage for the purpose of “flipping”,which is the practice of buying a home, renovating it, and returning it to the market as soon as possible.

A press release from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUDNo 11-292, states the waiver will be extended through 2o12 as part of an effort to stabilize home values and improve the housing market.

Acting Federal Housing Administration Commissioner Carol J. Galante was quoted in the release, saying

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