Monday, March 24, 2008

March Listing of the Month











$274,900.00
8101 Bridgeport Lane
OPEN HOUSE March 30, 2008 2:00-4:00


Large family home in Brownsville of Bethany, Oklahoma. This home features a large living room with vaulted ceiling and beautiful wood flooring. The formal dining room has built in display case for China or other collectibles. Remodeled open kitchen with island, breakfast bar and fireplace. Second living has fireplace, flat panel television and French doors. Master bedroom is downstairs and there is a full master suite upstairs that has kitchen area, walk in closets and full bath. See photos or call Wyatt for your own private showing.

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Wyatt Poindexter
Keller Williams Realty
Oklahoma City
www.WyattPoindexter.com

Thursday, March 6, 2008

New Loan Limits for FHA and Freddie Mac

The new loan limits for FHA and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are now calculated at 125 percent of the HUD published median prices, with a floor of $271,050 and $417,000, respectively, not to exceed $729,750.

We expect the impact of these loan limit increases on the housing market to be significant because of the infusion of capital into the mortgage market, which should result in lower interest rates across the board. In addition, there will be a direct impact on high-cost areas that previously required borrowers to take out costlier jumbo mortgages.

As NAR research points out, increasing FHA loan limits will help an additional 138,000 Americans achieve the dream of home ownership and will allow nearly 200,000 homeowners to refinance and potentially keep their home. In addition, NAR believes that increasing the loan limits for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will bolster the housing finance market, which continues to be severely stressed, by providing an immediate infusion of much needed liquidity to the nation’s mortgage market.

An economic impact study conducted by NAR in January 2008 estimated that increasing the GSEs’ conforming loan limits would result in as many as 500,000 refinanced loans and could help reduce foreclosures by as much as 210,000. In addition, over 300,000 additional home sales could be generated, housing inventory would be reduced and home prices would be strengthened by two to three percentage points.

HUD was mandated in the Economic Stimulus Act to publish new loan limits within 30 days of the bill's signing by President Bush on February 13. NAR strongly supported this economic stimulus package because of the relief we felt it would bring our members.