ABA’s October mortgage advocacy update
ABA has been active over the last month on issues important to banks in the mortgage space. The following is ...
Tag: Home loan
CFPB: More borrowers paying upfront fees to lower interest rates on mortgages
The percentage of homebuyers paying discount points roughly doubled from 2021 to 2023, according to the bureau, which noted that ...
FHA releases FAQs on new branch office registration rules
New regs eliminate requirement for lenders and mortgagees to register branch offices where they originate FHA Title I or Title ...
FHA publishes 40-year loan modification final rule
The rule allows increasing the maximum term of a loan modification from 360 to 480 months for FHA-insured mortgages after ...
FHFA seeks to amend ‘colonia’ definition for duty to serve regulation
These changes would make activities by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in all colonia census tracts eligible for duty to ...
FHA to consider positive rental history in mortgage eligibility
In its new policy, FHA considers positive rental payment history as the on-time payment of all rental payments in the ...
FHFA to review Federal Home Loan Bank System
The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced today it will conduct a “comprehensive review” of the Federal Home Loan Bank System ...
FHFA adds to scope of servicers’ fair lending data collection
The data collected will include borrowers’ age, race, ethnicity, gender and language preference, effective March 2023.
Agencies release HMDA data for 2021
The share of mortgages originated by nonbanks continues to climb, accounting for 63.9% of home-purchase loans, up from 60.7% in ...
ABA Foundation infographic helps homebuyers prepare for tough market
Limited inventory, supply chain disruptions, rising interest rates and more institutional investors in the market have made the homebuying process ...
