The Federal Housing Administration today lowered its owner-occupancy requirement for condominium financing, effective immediately. Previously, condominiums approved for FHA financing were required to be in developments with an owner occupancy percentage of at least 50 percent. With today’s announcement, financing can now be approved in developments with 35 percent owner-occupied units – provided that certain conditions are met. FHA expects this move to increase mortgage lending to lower-income and first-time homebuyers.
ABA to Senate Banking: Refine Clarity Act’s stablecoin yield language
ABA and a coalition of financial trade associations asked the Senate Banking Committee to refine the proposed payment stablecoin yield language in the Clarity Act, which prohibits crypto platforms from paying interest or yield to bank deposits on...








