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The CFPB is going after ‘junk fees’ mortgage lenders charge at closing. This could get ugly

Housing Wire

Biden’s plan also included a $10,000 tax credit for first-time homebuyers and people who sell their “starter home,” and a pilot program that waives the requirement for lender’s title insurance on certain refinance transactions. from 2021 to 2022, reaching nearly $6,000, per the CFPB post. These costs increased by 21.8%

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What Metaverse real estate means for mortgage professionals

Housing Wire

There is a legal description. In Decentraland or Sandbox, for example, the legal descriptions are individual pixels (essentially code) that define the “parcels.” 500 million in Metaverse purchases in 2021 says that, yes, the demand is there. Lending is lending. Defining virtual real estate.

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CFPB wants lenders to disclose reason for denial of credit

Housing Wire

The requirement also applies to mortgage lenders, legal experts say. In his own statement Thursday, Chopra said companies have “legal responsibilities when they let a black-box model make lending decisions.”. The CFPB has raised concerns in the past that algorithmic models perpetuate discriminatory mortgage lending practices.

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Stone Point Capital, Insight Partners to purchase CoreLogic

Housing Wire

The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of 2021 subject to shareholder approval, regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. Strategies lenders should adopt from direct to consumer lending. Sign up here.

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Feds seek to enlist real estate agents in anti-corruption push

Housing Wire

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network , or FinCEN, is floating a proposed anti-money laundering rule that could impose reporting mandates on a broad swath of professionals in the residential real estate market, including real estate agents, brokers, attorneys, title insurance companies and settlement agents. The agency also pointed to U.S.

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Opinion: Solutions to restore housing as an economic growth engine

Housing Wire

But that engine could stall if action isn’t taken to increase the supply of affordable housing and expand opportunities for lending to underserved families. Since 2016, legal immigration growth has declined by 40%. Since 2016, legal immigration growth has declined by 40%. Committing non-bank lending institutions.

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The fate of HUD

Housing Wire

A spokesperson for HUD said the agency could not discuss investigations or strategy of fair lending enforcement, but said that fair lending is a priority of the Biden-Harris Administration and HUD. In August, HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge signed an agreement with the Federal Housing Finance Agency to strengthen fair lending enforcement.

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