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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. These costs increased by 21.8% from 2021 to 2022, reaching nearly $6,000, per the CFPB post.

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Rhode Island historian uses a reverse mortgage as an estate planning tool

Housing Wire

A proprietary reverse mortgage from Finance of America Companies (FOA) now secures the home of Rhode Island ’s honorary historian laureate after the property was returned to the owner after attempts to bequeath it to a nonprofit historical society he founded. This is according to reporting from The Providence Journal.

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FSOC recommends more regulation and liquidity for nonbank servicers

Housing Wire

But shocks to the mortgage market can deteriorate borrowers’ income, balance sheets and access to credit, affecting borrowers, government agencies, insurance companies and local governments. “I encourage Congress to remove any legal impediments to information sharing between Ginnie Mae and state regulators. .”

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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.” To boot, one of the first financing transactions on record was made in January 2022 by technology firm TerraZero. Lending is lending.

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Stone Point Capital, Insight Partners to purchase CoreLogic

Housing Wire

It will be financed through a combination of committed equity financing provided by funds managed by Stone Point Capital and Insight Partners, as well as committed debt financing provided by JPMorgan Securities. Strategies lenders should adopt from direct to consumer lending. Sign up here.

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Citywide Home Loans settles a $1.2M data breach lawsuit

Housing Wire

Citywide Home Loans , a Utah-based mortgage lending company, agreed to settle a $1.2 The news was first reported by legal website Top Class Action. Cyber security issues are among the biggest challenges for real estate and housing finance companies. million class action lawsuit to resolve claims surrounding a 2020 data breach.

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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.