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FHA Short Refinancing Loans For Underwater Borrowers With Conventional Mortgages

March 16, 2012

Being “underwater” on a home loan means owing more on the property than the home is worth. In the last few years, this is a problem faced by more home owners across the nation due to the housing market crisis.

In response to this, the Federal Housing Administration took action. In 2010, the FHA published a mortgagee letter outlining details of a plan called “FHA Refinance of Borrowers in Negative Equity Positions

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