The Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs is considering legislation that would raise the fee paid by veterans, servicemembers and reservists for having a VA guarantee on a mortgage loan. Proposed adjustments to the VA home loan fee is in H.R. 299, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017, which the House of Representatives approved on June 25. The bill primarily extends the presumption of service-related disability due to exposure to herbicides ...
Depository institutions still have responsibility for most agency mortgage servicing, but nonbanks continued to gain share during the second quarter, according to a new Inside Mortgage Finance analysis of agency mortgage-backed securities data. As of the end of June, nonbanks serviced $2.887 trillion of single-family loans in MBS pools is-sued by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae. That was up 2.8 percent from March and represented ... [Includes two data charts]
Michael Bright’s quick, effective response to the VA loan-churning problem that led to rapid prepayments in Ginnie Mae mortgage-backed securities earned kudos from senators during his confirmation hearing this week. Judging by the positive responses of members of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Bright, the administration’s choice to lead Ginnie Mae, will likely get the job. Bright received praise particularly for the swift disciplinary action he took against lender/issuers that were targeting and misleading VA borrowers into repeated refinancing without any clear benefit. Nine lenders were directed to take corrective actions while three of the worst offenders were barred from the agency’s multi-issuer security pools. Bright joined Ginnie Mae in July 2017 as executive vice president and chief operating officer. Two months later he began an investigation into rapidly prepaying VA loans ...
Lenders will be asking the Department of Housing and Urban Development to clarify the eligibility of borrowers with deferred immigration status for an FHA-insured loan. A mortgage industry trade group is currently drafting a letter on “a series of technical FHA handbook recommendations,” including greater clarity on loan applications submitted by borrowers registered under the government’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. DACA status was offered to children who were brought illegally into the U.S. by their parents or guardians but have been in the country for most of their lives. The program was created by the Obama administration as a way for recipients to work legally in the country while Congress could agree on what to do with them. The program faces uncertainty after President Trump rescinded it in September last year as part of his administration’s zero-tolerance immigration ...
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