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What is FHA loan?

A mortgage insured by the Federal Housing Administration to expand access to homeownership; it permits high loan-to-value financing (about 96.5%) and requires upfront and annual mortgage insurance premiums.

Where you will use it: this term comes up in the Real Estate Finance course, and the full course glossary collects every term in one place.

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From the free Real Estate Finance course by Devon Coombs, CPA, MBA.