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Housing Wire
JUNE 21, 2022
As someone who spent a career in the title insurance industry – both as a builder of a title business and leader of the industry’s trade group, — I am proud of the role we play in helping to protect what most Americans consider the biggest purchase of their lives. Why is a title search necessary for refinancing?
Housing Wire
DECEMBER 20, 2024
House of Representatives proposes to relieve Federal Housing Administration (FHA) borrowers of mortgage insurance premiums (MIPs) once they reach a certain level of home equity , aligning FHA policies with those of conventional loans. Mortgage insurance exists as protection from foreclosure on low equity loans. Introduced by Reps.
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Housing Wire
JULY 6, 2022
The federal banking regulators responsible for overseeing the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) obligations of lenders they regulate have released the 2022 list of distressed or underserved rural census tracts where community-development loans, investments and services are eligible for special CRA consideration.
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. The watchdog agency provided clarity for the kind of research and data that go into creating a targeted lending program.
Housing Wire
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Homeowners with the Federal Housing Administration -insured mortgage financing will now be allowed to obtain private flood insurance policies, expanding consumer options to protect borrowers from the country’s major natural disaster. . billion, did not have the required NFIP coverage.
Housing Wire
OCTOBER 3, 2024
In a panel at HousingWire’s IMB Summit in Dallas on Tuesday, Community Home Lenders of America leaders Taylor Stork of Developers Mortgage and Republic State Mortgage President Paulina McGrath tackled some of the thornier affordability issues plaguing the industry. What keeps McGrath up at night? “Something needs to be done.”
Housing Wire
JULY 7, 2022
Another cornerstone of Fannie Mae’s equity plan is the use of targeted lending programs. Fannie Mae sought feedback while its plan was in development and learned some lenders were hesitant to implement special purpose credit programs, which can target lending products based on a protected class.
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