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FHA Mortgage Insurance Rates in 2025: What NC Homebuyers Need to Know (It’s Not PMI!) If you’re buying your first home in North Carolina — whether it’s in Raleigh, Fuquay-Varina, or a more rural area …
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Let's say you bought a house in Raleigh in October - you decide to get a FHA Loan, and in December you find that you are going to be re-located (with a job promotion I hope) to Austin, Texas. FHA …
FHA Loan Limits in NC are set to adjust annually, and the 2023 FHA Loan Limits in NC were just announced last month. The important thing to remember when viewing these changes is that 5 times in …
FHA loan limits in 2023 are now $472,030 in Wake County!! Does that mean every loan officer in North Carolina can help you with a FHA loan? No. If you need help getting an FHA Loan in Wake Co, you …
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The Wall Street Journal published information about "Green Mortgages" last fall. While the concept of "Green Mortgages" is not new (President Carter first required legislation for them in the 1980s) …
We've used the term First Time Home Buyer DPAs on this site multiple times. In most cases we are speaking of the down payment dollars that are available to us from the NC Housing Finance …
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Stephen Thorne
Mortgage Loan Officer
NMLS 60596
Eleanor Thorne Mortgage
Loan Officer
NMLS 67179
Advantage Lending is an Equal Housing Lender. NMLS NMLS #5687 (NMLS Consumer Access), NC License L-161797 Certain limitations apply, call for details. Corporate Office 7521-101 Mourning Dove Road
Raleigh, NC 27615. Phone Number (919) 532-7300
