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Breaking News: Build Back Better Goes to Senate
The roughly $ 1.75 trillion bill spares real estate investment from the most-feared taxes and includes key NAR priorities like investments in affordable housing and down payment assistance. www.nar.realtor – Fair Housing
CFPB Goes After 6 VA Lenders for Shady Practices
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has been on a two-month enforcement tear aimed at mortgage lenders employing deceptive practices in the VA mortgage lending area. The Bureau has issued consent orders against six companies since late July in what it terms a “sweep” in response to concerns about potentially unlawful advertising in the market […]
Forbearances Decrease by 4%; CFPB Goes After VA Lenders; Strong Case For Locking a Rate
The number of homeowners with mortgages in COVID-19 related forbearance plans dropped during the week ended September 1 after several weeks when there was little change. Black Knight said its weekly survey found 147,000 fewer borrowers in plans than the previous week, a decline of about 4 percent. The company says last week’s decrease means […]