Are Florida condos harder to finance now?
Often yes. Florida's 2022 condo law (SB 4-D) and subsequent updates require milestone structural inspections and full funded reserves on older buildings. Projects with deferred maintenance or pending assessments now face more financing friction. Newer projects and well-managed older ones still finance smoothly.
Plain-English explanation
Florida's response to the Surfside collapse — milestone structural inspections required at 30 years (or 25 within 3 miles of the coast), and full funded reserves with no waivers — affected many older buildings. Projects without funded reserves, with pending special assessments, or with deferred maintenance face Fannie/Freddie warrantability issues. Lenders also tightened condo project review during this period. The result: financing some older Florida condos is harder than it used to be, but newer and well-managed older projects still close routinely.
What can change the answer?
Project FHA/conventional warrantability, owner-occupancy ratio, project insurance and reserves, litigation, and Florida 2022+ condo law can change the answer.
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More conventional questions on Condos
Educational only. Conventional loan guidelines, lender overlays, rates, fees, PMI, LLPAs, and underwriting requirements can change. Final eligibility depends on full underwriting review.