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Purchasing a Condo

Posted on 4/10/12 at 4:37 pm
Posted by VABuckeye
Naples, FL
Member since Dec 2007
35607 posts
Posted on 4/10/12 at 4:37 pm
This is a future option for my wife and I as we look to downsize and cut back on maintenance in the future.

How is FHA with condos these days? I know in the past condos had to be on the FHA approved list and there were many hoops to jump through.

Is this still the case? We'd be looking either in Northern Virginia or a city along the coast like Charleston or Savannah.
Posted by tirebiter
7K R&G chile land aka SF
Member since Oct 2006
9282 posts
Posted on 4/10/12 at 4:43 pm to
Have you been to Charleston? It is a bit, eh, snobby.
Posted by BigBoyTiger
Cleveland
Member since Aug 2005
9578 posts
Posted on 4/10/12 at 4:59 pm to
I financed the purchase of my condo through the FHA two years ago.

It wasn't too bad.

Posted by ds1tiger
Closer than you think
Member since Apr 2006
359 posts
Posted on 4/10/12 at 6:45 pm to
They still have to be FHA approved. Generally it's not a bad process with FHA.
Posted by foshizzle
Washington DC metro
Member since Mar 2008
40599 posts
Posted on 4/10/12 at 8:34 pm to
quote:

We'd be looking either in Northern Virginia or a city along the coast like Charleston or Savannah.


I live in NOVA, travel to Charleston for business and have family in Savannah.

If you can afford it, NOVA >>>>>>>>>>> Charleston >> Savannah
Posted by Pilot Tiger
North Carolina
Member since Nov 2005
73163 posts
Posted on 4/11/12 at 11:22 am to
I bought a place a few months ago that is a townhouse in function, but condo in ownership.

It wasn't on the approved list for FHA(it had expired and hadn't been renewed yet) so I had to go conventional and put more money down.

looking at some properties in florida and vegas in those depressed markets is quite enticing imo
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