While FHFA Director Bill Pulte had announced that the GSEs would “immediately” begin accepting VantageScore 4.0, FHFA acknowledged this week that implementation will take some time.

It took the VA seven months to implement its COVID-era partial claims program. A similar timeline can be expected for the new program recently approved by Congress.

Executives at mortgage companies anticipate originations will pick up as soon as interest rates on mortgages decline. However, the MBA’s projections suggest little movement in rates for the rest of this year.

Wells Fargo has been accused of charging borrowers improper mortgage fees during the origination process, while loanDepot is alleged to have violated the Truth in Lending Act’s loan originator compensation rule.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development said increased costs would be offset by future savings, but the Mortgage Bankers Association says the numbers are flawed.

A new bill seeks to require FHFA to create a public database of information on all mortgage appraisals. The proposal comes as the Trump administration disbanded the Biden-era task force created to address appraisal bias.

Urban Institute reviewed varying estimates of the national housing shortage and suggested policy solutions to address the shortfall.

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Some of the mortgage bellwethers began reporting second-quarter results this week. The good news is that loan production increased nicely from the first quarter.

The draft appropriations budget for the Department of Housing and Urban Development is more lenient than the Trump administration’s request, but still zeroes out fresh funding for the HOME program.