Congress withdrew a provision in the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act that would have raised the guarantee fee on VA home loans. Instead, it approved the removal of the cap on VA mortgages.
In a flurry of legislative activity, House committees passed several mortgage-related measures over the past few weeks while in the Senate, lawmakers are considering legislation that would restore eligibility of VA "orphan" loans for a Ginnie Mae guarantee.
FHA is seeking feedback on proposed changes to loan-level and annual lender certifications and the defect taxonomy to clarify lender liability under the False Claims Act.
Important tools for eliminating discrimination from the housing market are in danger of being weakened or even dismantled by the White House. Fair housing activists, to say the least, are not happy.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development has received its share of a $14.5 million settlement agreed to by Gateway Funding Diversified Mortgage Services to resolve allegations of failing to comply with FHA rules.
Lawmakers and mortgage market players are watching whether the Trump administration will petition the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a circuit court decision extending medical and disability benefits to war veterans who fell ill due to exposure to Agent Orange while serving in the territorial waters of Vietnam.
Congress is reportedly considering a legislative proposal to charge higher guarantee fees for VA mortgages to cover healthcare costs of Korean and Vietnam War veterans who were ex-posed to herbicides, such as Agent Orange and other toxic agents.
A Wall Street lobbying group has urged the Department of Veteran Affairs to change its cash-out refinance interim final rule, calling par-ticular attention to the net tangible benefit provision.
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