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Flood Plains, High Winds, and Leased Land: Your Guide to Buying a House in Palm Springs

HomeLight

You’ll have to navigate land leases, HOA requirements , and stiff competition from other buyers set on purchasing your picture-perfect property. If you’re taking out a loan to buy a house on leased land, lenders will require the lease to extend five years beyond the loan’s term.

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6 of the Best Retirement Communities in Florida

HomeLight

Check ratings, reviews, and comments posted on the Better Business Bureau site, Google Reviews, and industry websites. Some communities have a land-lease structure in which you purchase the house, but lease the home site. What is included in your monthly payment?

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Opinion: It’s time for bi-partisanship on affordable manufactured housing homeownership

Housing Wire

Last year was challenging for housing and mortgage markets. For the first time in many years, we experienced falling home prices, in part due to skyrocketing mortgage rates which almost doubled from around 3.5% One of the prime areas of opportunity is affordable manufactured housing homeownership. a year ago to nearly 7% today.