Archive for Financing

FHA Is Back!

From 2003 thru early 2007 it was very difficult to get sellers in Maryland to accept a contract in which a buyer was using FHA financing. FHA stands for the Federal Housing Administration. Traditionally this type of financing was great for first time home buyers but once we got deep into a sellers market FHA became a dirty [...]

Posted by: Naji Rashid on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

What Is A Short Sale?

For the past week I have been forwarding properties to my clients with the following remarks in the listing, ”property subject to third party approval- short sale.” Some of my clients have called me wanting to know “what is a short sale?” This is what I explained to them.
For homeowners who can no longer afford [...]

Posted by: Naji Rashid on Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008