DAILY REAL ESTATE NEWS | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2014
Fannie Mae is offering temporary closing cost assistance in 27 states to owner occupants of REO homes. The offer applies to owner-occupant buyers of its FirstLook homes, a program where buyers get 20 days to purchase homes ahead of competition from investors. Buyers can view the homes atHomePath.com.
Qualified buyers will be eligible to get up to 3.5 percent of the final sales price covered in closing costs.
Fannie notes that some buyers may opt to use the savings from the closing cost assistance to buy down their interest rate through upfront points, which could result in additional savings over time.
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To be eligible, buyers must submit their offers on the homes by March 31, 2014, and the transactions must close before June.
“This incentive will provide more opportunities for families to find a property to call home,” says Jay Ryan, Vice President of REO Sales. “Our goal is to sell as many HomePath properties as possible to owner-occupants who will stabilize neighborhoods and help the housing recovery.”
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The following 27 states are offering the incentive:
- Arizona
- California
- Florida
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Puerto Rico
- Tennessee
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
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