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At the end of last week, The Edge, the 922-unit development on the Williamsburg waterfront (above), announced via email that it had been approved to participate in the FHA program. (The news first appeared in The Real Deal before Thanksgiving.) Translation: Buyers of units inexpensive enough to qualify for conforming loans (up to $729,750) can get low mortgage rates with low down payments (only 3.5%). Earlier this year, when things were really bad, this was the only way any condos were selling; it’ll be interesting to see what kind of boost The Edge gets from it now.


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  1. A woman I knew when my daughter went to elementary school in Chinatown did some research about these low-middle-income apartments in market-rate buildings in Chinatown and the Lower East Side. The great majority of them went to children of friends of the owner, recent college grads who could show a low-income tax return for a few years.

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    rob, what is your problem with lending?

    cuz no one will lend to ME! 🙂

    *rob*

    Posted by: Butterfly at December 7, 2009 12:34 PM

    He’s honest. You have to give him that.

  3. quote:
    Oh, so rob, your dislike of financing is because you can’t qualify for a mortgage. Sounds like you are dialing up the whaaambulance to me.

    dialing it up? girl, im driving it!

    *rob*

  4. “only 3.5%

    Instant submersion. Values will drop far more than 3.5% from here. Very irresponsible and very corrupt (saving big banks with impunity but leaving these unsuspecting buyers with barnicles).

    ***Bid half off peak comps***

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