To Boost Sales Of Foreclosures, FHA Suspends Anti-flipping Rules

Call it three birds with one stone: The federal government hopes to help low-down-payment home buyers, investors who fix up foreclosures, and communities burdened with too many bank-owned and foreclosed homes -- all with one potentially far-reaching policy change. The Federal Housing Administration is revising its long-standing anti-flipping rules starting Feb. 1 and just might score a hit with all three target groups. For years, the FHA has had a strict prohibition: It wouldn't insure a mortgage on a house if the seller had owned it for less than 90 days.

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