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Federal agencies seek input on proposed AVM credibility, integrity rule

Housing Wire

Six federal agencies have requested comment from the public on a newly-proposed rule that is designed to “ensure the credibility and integrity of models used in real estate valuations.” And the design and development of the models and algorithms can reflect the biases and blind spots of the developers.”

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FCC’s newly adopted lead gen rules could accelerate lawsuits against lenders

Housing Wire

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) — the government regulatory body overseeing communications across a wide variety of media including radio, telephone cable and the internet — adopted a new series of rules on Wednesday designed to crack down on controversial lead generation methods, including “robocalling” and “robo-texting.”

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GAO highlights reverse mortgage counseling in new report

Housing Wire

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) counseling program was cited as an example. This program provides counseling to all applicants of the federally insured reverse mortgage program, the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage program,” the report stated. “The

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FinCEN expands GTOs on all-cash real estate transactions

Housing Wire

Northern Virginia and Maryland (DMV) area, Baltimore, Fairfield County Connecticut and Seattle, title insurance companies are now required by law to file reports identifying individuals who made all-cash real estate purchases exceeding $300,000 through shell companies in the Texas cities of Houston and Laredo. financial system.

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CFPB weighs rulemaking on algorithmic bias in valuation models

Housing Wire

The government watchdog is concerned that automated valuation models may reflect bias in design and function. Firms that develop automated valuation models have argued they might help to eradicate appraisal bias. CFPB Director Rohit Chopra disagrees. “It The report is expected in early 2022.

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“It’s ridiculous”: Real estate industry opposes newly proposed cash-deal reporting rules

Housing Wire

in which title insurance companies are required by law to file reports identifying individuals who made all-cash real estate purchases exceeding $300,000 through shell companies. We urge stakeholders to provide input to assist us in developing an approach that enhances transparency while minimizing burden on business.”.

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Movement to pay $24M to settle underwriting government loans fraud case

Housing Wire

million to settle allegations that it improperly originated and underwrote mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs. Therefore, lenders must follow FHA and VA rules to ensure only loans that meet credit and underwriting criteria are insured or guaranteed by the government.