FHLBs’ Affordable Housing Funds Up 8 Percent in 2017
The Federal Home Loan Banks awarded approximately $398.7 million in affordable housing program funds in 2017, an 8 percent increase...
Mortgage
FHA to Require Second Appraisal for Some Reverse Mortgages
The Federal Housing Administration released guidance to issuers of FHA-insured reverse mortgages today stating that the agency may require a...
Associations Call for Changes to Loan Originator Compensation Rule
In a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday, the American Bankers Association joined several financial and real...
Bonus Podcast: Understanding the CRA Modernization Process
On a bonus episode of the ABA Banking Journal Podcast, ABA VP Krista Shonk outlines the process for modernizing Community...
FHFA Proposal Would Align GSEs’ Practices for TBA-Eligible MBS
As Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac continue moving toward a single security, the Federal Housing Finance Agency today issued a...
Hensarling, Delaney Release Draft of Bipartisan GSE Reform Bill
Marking the 10th anniversary of the conservatorship of housing GSEs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, House Financial Services Committee Chairman...
ABA Endorses Promontory Fulfillment Services’ Mortgage Fulfillment Solution
To enable banks to offer a full range of mortgage products, ABA has endorsed the comprehensive mortgage fulfillment solution provided...
Get Real: A Special Report on Real Estate Lending
Highlights from the latest issue of the ABA Banking Journal.
CFPB Provides Clarifications on HMDA Partial Exemptions under S. 2155
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today issued an interpretive rule clarifying several changes to Home Mortgage Disclosure Act regulations made...
@Home in the Digital World
Community bank strategies to change the digital mortgage game.
