While Puerto Rico’s mortgage market has seen a serious decline of about 50 percent since 2007, FirstMortgage has sought to maintain its position by implementing a few strategies, including zeroing-in on towns outside the San Juan metropolitan area.
The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York announced Thursday it has awarded $27.1 million in subsidies to fund 35 affordable housing initiatives throughout New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Maryland and Pennsylvania.
Puerto Rico’s contractors, developers and representatives from the Housing Finance Authority will pursue some $400 million in federal credits available to build rental properties on the island.