Higher FHA loan limit opens market

 
By Richard Mize
Published: March 7, 2008

Oklahoma home buyers got a $70,900 lift Thursday when the federal government temporarily raised the limit on home loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration .

The aim: To help more people buy and refinance houses.

In Oklahoma, the limit went from $200,150 to $271,050. With the median-price home here costing less than $130,000, the increase opens a big segment of the housing market to borrowers who could...


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