Last week, the House of Representatives passed, and the President signed, The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (S.2155). The Act rolls back several provisions of The Dodd-Frank Act, the law that was enacted to regulate banks following the financial crisis to help...
Last week, the House of Representatives passed HR 1153, the Mortgage Choice Act. The Act, sponsored by Representatives Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Mike Doyle (D-PA) and David Joyce (R-OH), passed with a small amount of bi-partisan support and was strongly supported by the...
HR 3700, The Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act passed its first major test, clearing the House of Representatives, 427-6, on February 2, 2016. The Senate will now consider the Bill and has referred it to the Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs Committee. I have previously written...
FHA requirements that condominium property be at least 50% owner occupied continues to limit the ability for potential purchasers to finance the acquisition of condominiums. This policy is antiquated and bad for home ownership. As credit becomes more difficult to obtain for home buyers generally,...
Efforts to simplify closing documentation have many kinks. As regulation and enforcement of mortgage loan closings shifts from HUD to the Consumer Protection Finance Bureau (CPFB), real estate and loan closers face new rules that are arguably designed to provide more information to borrowers. Anyone...