Fha Condo Certification
Fha insures condominium loans for up to 30 year terms to purchase or refinance a unit in an fha approved condominium project or in a project that is not fha approved but meets the single unit approval requirements for project approval or recertification eligible projects must be complete and exist in full compliance with applicable state law.
Fha condo certification. Condominiums that obtained fha approval prior to october 1 2008. The condominium project approval and processing guide guide is designed to provide the federal housing administration fha baseline condominium project approval and processing requirements. The search can be configured to find specific types of projects through the use of the pull down menus and entry fields. The certification process is intended to provide fha a government run mortgage insurance agency with key information about a condominium developments legal physical and financial status.
These properties are not for sale by the fha. The contents of this guide are applicable for all condominium project approvals where a single unit will be insured under section 203b. In the case of a phased condominium project the initial phase must be completed and over one year old. The fha condo approval list is the only official list released by hud.
It is updated once a day so there is a 24 hour lag for condos that become fha approved and when they appear on the listbecause of this make sure to check back daily to see any updates made by hud to the fha condominium approval list. Condominiums that have never been certified by fha if a condominium has never been officially certified by fha then it must go through the certification process in order for potential buyers to obtain fha loans. To be eligible for fha certification condominium projects must consist of two or more units be fully completed 100 built out and over one year old. Lender certification for individual unit financing the undersigned hereby certifies that 1 the lender has verified the condominium unit in connection with this loan file has been verified to be in a project that appears on fhas list of approved condominium.