FHA extends anti-flipping waiver to speed
sales. This will allow buyers to purchase homes that have already been sold in the last 90 days.
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Get Smart About SmartMove. Learn more about SmartMove, a mortgage and down payment assistance program offered by the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA).
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Welcome Home Heroes - Program provides closing costs and downpayment assistance to Illinois Veterans and active military members.
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loan programs >
Expanding Refinancing Options for Underwater Homeowners. The Federal Housing Finance Agency, with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises), announced a series of changes to the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) in an effort to attract more eligible borrowers who can benefit from refinancing their home mortgage. Learn more about the changes >
Protect your investment. Join the Home
Owner Action Center, your resource for information about government legislative and regulatory actions that affect the value of real estate.
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Mortgage Interest Deduction (MID) saves the average homeowner
thousands of dollars at tax time and
helps home buyers get into their
first house. Learn more from
HouseLogic.com
and this
fact sheet
(pdf) >
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