Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2024

A private planning firm in California is launching a new tool to help local governments there prepare for a pending law designed to spur more construction of accessory dwelling units (ADUs). All California municipalities are mandated by state law to have a preapproval process for ADU plans by Jan.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Creative Housing Solutions: As demonstrated by Californias recent law relaxing local limitations, remove obstacles to the development of Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) to give older folks more flexible housing options. Inclusive Zoning: The bipartisan Yes In My Backyard Act (S.1688 1688 / H.R. than children under 18.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 14, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Friday announced a final rule designed to expand support for housing counseling services within Native American tribal communities. HUD developed the new rule in concert with multiple tribal consultation and listening sessions, it explained. Last month, HUD announced $1.1

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2024

As part of the broader community operating within the service area of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), the affluent Boston suburb of Milton — with a population of roughly 29,000 people — was directed to comply with a new state law requiring the construction of new multifamily housing units in areas served by public transit.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2023

Six federal agencies have requested comment from the public on a newly-proposed rule that is designed to “ensure the credibility and integrity of models used in real estate valuations.” And the design and development of the models and algorithms can reflect the biases and blind spots of the developers.”

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Housing Wire

JULY 3, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Wednesday announced that it has released five new language translations for 19 separate single-family mortgage documents used for Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-insured mortgage servicing.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Tuesday resolved uncertainty around special purpose credit programs, 45 years after Congress allowed lenders to tailor products to groups that have historically been excluded from homeownership. It’s already allowable under the law. Regulators are comfortable with it.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2024

In a news release, Zillow explained that artificial intelligence (AI) tools often fail to account for the myriad requirements of fair housing laws. The Fair Housing Classifier is designed to act as a protective measure against steering, or the act of influencing a person’s choice of home based upon protected characteristics.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of the Inspector General (OIG), the New York City Department of Investigations (DOI), the U.S. That is bread and butter to us at federal law enforcement agencies, and certainly for SDNY, so we jumped right in and we’ve been working the case ever since.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) program designed to allow for the construction of rental housing units is getting a new participant: the Cherokee Nation. The HUD program is a loan program that aids organizations in recruiting skilled workers for hard-to-fill or hard-to-recruit positions,” the announcement said.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 12, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of the Inspector General (OIG), and other concerns about the public disclosure of information the company wishes to keep confidential. Some of the Ginnie Mae documents may show confidential pricing information, which may need to be designated attorneys’ eyes only.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

This update of the HUD Code is long overdue and will help increase production while also ensuring modern designs to suit the needs of families.” In addition, the final rule includes more clarity regarding structural design requirements for attics.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Adrianne Todman asking why what he describes as a “backlog” of housing discrimination complaints has yet to be addressed. Richard Blumenthal, the senior U.S. senator from Connecticut , sent a letter last week to Acting U.S.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) — the government regulatory body overseeing communications across a wide variety of media including radio, telephone cable and the internet — adopted a new series of rules on Wednesday designed to crack down on controversial lead generation methods, including “robocalling” and “robo-texting.”

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Housing Wire

MAY 27, 2022

All lenders must explain their rationale when denying credit to loan applicants, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau affirmed Thursday, after looking into whether companies claiming exemption because they rely on “complex algorithms” were in violation of federal anti-discrimination law. Presented by: Mortgage Coach.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2023

United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) on Wednesday announced two new home-affordability mortgage products designed to help underserved borrowers become homeowners. We look forward to working with the enterprises, lenders, and other housing industry participants to further develop the ideas described in these plans.”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2023

The California State Senate passed a bill this week that would permit the construction of affordable housing units on land owned by faith-based institutions and nonprofit colleges, even if local zoning ordinances and laws would normally prevent construction. The bill, introduced last December by Sen.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Northern Virginia and Maryland (DMV) area, Baltimore, Fairfield County Connecticut and Seattle, title insurance companies are now required by law to file reports identifying individuals who made all-cash real estate purchases exceeding $300,000 through shell companies in the Texas cities of Houston and Laredo. financial system.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

On Wednesday, just nine days after the long-awaited trial’s September 18 start date, the real estate behemoth file a motion for judgment as a matter of law in the U.S. Accordingly, REX’s claims should not be put to a jury, and the Court should enter judgment in Zillow’s favor as a matter of law under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 50(a).”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2021

Other countries, including England, have developed digital national systems for processing and recording mortgage and property transactions. Reform zoning laws. Here again, the decentralized network of municipal law has handicapped the industry’s ability to respond to the pressing need for more affordable housing.

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Housing Wire

JULY 11, 2024

The Appraisal Foundation , a private organization that is the de facto regulator of appraisers , has settled with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) over allegations that its qualification program violated the Fair Housing Act.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

However, data from the interviews showed adoption rates appear lower among smaller and mission-oriented lenders, such as minority depository institutions (MDIs) and community development financial institutions (CDFIs).

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) counseling program was cited as an example. The Financial Literacy and Education Improvement Act, signed into law by President George W. Among a series of 24 examples of federal financial literacy programs for these groups, the U.S.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Residents will have access to comprehensive assistance with financing, designing, permitting and building new ADUs aka “granny flats.” Gavin Newsom also signed three ADU-related bills that aim to boost ADU development throughout the state. Last year, California Gov. But the biggest benefit lies in affordability.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Residential zoning laws are designed to promote orderly development, control traffic flow, and ensure that noise and activity levels are appropriate to each specific neighborhood. Decades ago, zoning laws were used to legally segregate local communities based on race.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Pueblo County, Colorado, which encompasses an estimated population of about 170,000 people in and around the city of Pueblo, is sounding the alarm over potential fraud by creating a new alert system designed specifically to protect property owners. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of the Inspector General.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2023

FinCEN said it worked with local law enforcement to identify the new areas for GTO coverage. For that reason, Treasury is committed to developing a solution to increase the transparency in the domestic real estate market.” The new requirements are effective through mid-April 2024. real estate market to launder money. financial system.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Though regulators have the power to ding lenders for violating fair lending law, none of the agencies can give a special purpose credit program their blessing. Lenders are left to their own devices to design the programs, based on guidelines from the CFPB, and hope they get it right.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2024

In the ongoing struggle for attainable housing, one positive development has been the increased availability of funding options for homeowners seeking to incorporate Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) into their properties. Some smart lenders, especially among credit unions, have developed some great products for ADU financing.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Meanwhile, Todd Maki, head of business development and partnerships at Snapdocs, remarked that integrating Notarize’s services will help mortgage lenders “orchestrate a more perfect mortgage closing” that is fully digital and error-free. Partnering with Snapdocs gets everyone there faster.”. The company estimated that 1.25

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Housing Wire

JUNE 27, 2023

Whether you’re in the marketing space, a mortgage executive at a lender or real estate leader, we’ve designed this so all attendees can learn from the path these creative and innovative executives have walked to inform your go-to-market strategy for 2024. In four dedicated sessions, our Marketing Leaders will focus on this theme and more.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Developing a trusted referral network can generate new business for you (and your network). We love Wise Pelican for full-color, two-sided postcards and other print marketing materials designed specifically for real estate agents. She developed training materials, classes, and coaching programs for her fellow introverts.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

So why aren’t more commercial real estate (CRE) entities – investors , principals, banks, law firms or developers – seeking the same? They can be, in essence, the “boots on the ground” for investors and developers alike. Right now, we’re generally seeing more mixed-use developments and multifaceted commercial projects.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2020

They have developed technologies that update the process to mirror the modern way you do your banking, shop, and do pretty much everything else: by using the internet. Remote online notarizations were designed to prevent fraud and are much more secure than in-person notaries. Fortunately, leading-edge technology has your back.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 18, 2024

CBRE suggested strengthening existing mixed-use districts and encouraging development of non-office space in primarily office areas, such as adding apartments and upgrading existing office spaces. Dallas and Phoenix) Developing Destinations (e.g., New York and Los Angeles) Mixed Majors (e.g., Boston and Washington, D.C.)

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2023

In the House, the bill is designated as H.R. This bipartisan bill will modernize the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and help expand our housing supply, strengthening communities and supporting economic development in Illinois and across the county.” In the House, the bill has more than 60 bipartisan co-sponsors. Todd Young (R-Ind.),

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, payments, insurance and proptech. Digital adoption has been hampered by state laws since a federal law that outlines practices for remote online notarizations does not exist.

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