According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the volume of existing-home sales is expected to remain stable through late spring 2008, and gradually improve further from there during the second half of the year.
NAR chief economist, Lawrence Yun, says buyers have been waiting for higher mortgage loan limits. “The higher loan limits for both FHA and conventional loans will increase consumer choice and provide greater access to lower interest rate mortgages in high-cost regions,” he says.
In Madison County the revised FHA loan limit is now $281,250.