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The flipping rules have been relaxed until June 2009.  Until recently, an investor has to wait 90 days before the investor could resell a home to a FHA buyer.

The reason for this change was because investors are helping the economy by repairing the large number of foreclosed home thoughout the country.

According to the FHA, “under the revised policy the purchasers will have to be financed capable to handle the mortgage and underwriters will talke a hard look at the appraisal.”  As a result of the changes, the FHA will not be, or at least for the time being, turning down mortgages because the previous owner owned the property for less than three months.

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