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FHA Will Change How Student Loan Debt Affects Eligibility

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FHA Will Change How Student Loan Debt Affects Eligibility. In order to assist more lower-income homebuyers and close the racial homeownership gap, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) will change the way it reviews an applicant’s student loan debt. Housing Policy + Finance. Housing Policy + Finance. cbroderick.

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Increasing Home Values Lift 1 Million Homes from 'Underwater' Status

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There remain pockets of the country where housing debt-traps are widespread. At a more granular level, there are three zip codes in the Cleveland area where roughly half of all homes still have negative equity. Housing Policy + Finance. Read More. . Market Data + Trends. Economics.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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Pennsylvania’s decision to consolidate hundreds of bridge projects into a single procurement financed by a bond fund managed by a new Public-Private Partnership (P3) should serve as a model for the rest of the country. The $722-million project is the largest private-activity bond financing of a public-private partnership in the U.S.

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