Proponents of the mortgage interest tax deduction point out that the real estate and mortgage industries employ thousands upon thousands of workers with spillover to other sectors...
Originators were asked if TRID has affected their willingness to originate small loans. Roughly 53.8 percent said “no change,” while 46.2 percent said “yes, moderately.”
It was the highest three-month total for government-insured lending on record, although private mortgage insurance did more business in the second quarter than either FHA or VA…