Senior Partner Charlie Perkins Would Like to Update Readers on CAI Efforts to Expand FHA Loan Certification for Condominiums

From the Community Associations Institute Website:

There are approximately 145,000 to 155,000 condominium projects in the U.S., according to the Foundation for Community Association Research (FCAR). As of October 2016, 9,866 condominiums—less than 7 percent of condominium projects nationwide—were Federal Housing Administration (FHA) certified. If a condominium project is FHA certified, that means prospective buyers interested in individual units within a condominium may qualify for an FHA insured mortgage. FHA insured loans are a type of federal assistance and have historically allowed lower income Americans to borrow money for the purchase of a home that they would not otherwise be able to afford. Continue reading on CAI’s Government Affairs Blog at https://www.caionline.org/Advocacy/GovernmentAffairsBlog/Pages/default.aspx