Mississippi Business Journal » home buyers http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:51:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 FHA hiking insurance fees on mortgages http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/09/10/fha-hiking-insurance-fees-on-mortgages/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fha-hiking-insurance-fees-on-mortgages http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/09/10/fha-hiking-insurance-fees-on-mortgages/#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:03:46 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=30075 WASHINGTON — Sizing up the true cost of buying a home can be complicated. On top of the home’s list price there are numerous fees and financing costs to factor in. To complicate matters, the Federal Housing Administration is now hiking the insurance fees for the mortgages it backs. FHA loans are generally used by [...]

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