What Improvements Can You Make with a FHA 203K Loan For?

FHA has a great program to help with renovating a new home!  It’s called the 203K program – and if you’ve been on Craigslist, you’ve definately seen, “this property is eligable for FHA 203k loan!”
It’s a great program for making up to $35,000 of improvements to the home.  Many time, foreclosed property has what Realtors [...]

FHA 203K Loans in NC

FHA 203K loans are perfect for those of us who fall in love with a great house that has this Gosh Awful Shag Carpet!  This carpet would give you a headache!  How can you buy the house if you don’t have an extra $5000 to update that 1970’s carpet, green countertops, and linoleum?  If the property is [...]

Fix Up A Foreclosed Property – $100 Downpayment?

I wrote recently (click here) that we could not do $100 downpayment with the 203k loan program… well, now I have a lender who claims he can do it.
HUD has long had a program that encourages folks who want to purchase a HUD Foreclosure, allowing them to purchase the property with $100 downpayment.  Problem is, [...]