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Did Michael Strauss, accused of fraud, just start a new mortgage company?

Housing Wire

There were no severance packages, and even health insurance was canceled retroactive to May 2022, leaving some on the hook for huge medical bills. The nascent mortgage company, however, has only one loan officer registered and no loan origination volume so far, according to the mortgage tech platform Modex.

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ROV (Reconsideration of Value) Changes – FHA and GSEs

Appraisal Today

The mortgage loan officer handling the loan? There is administrative time involved, as well as legal factors. To read the Fannie document, Click Here My comments: What will happen to owners and buyers who cannot get insurance or whose costs will go way up? Was it the borrower? A Zillow Zestimate?

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Inside the government’s feeble fight to end redlining

Housing Wire

The three agencies in charge of such reviews — the Federal Reserve , the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency — have not denied a single bank merger in 15 years. Yes, regulators are legally obliged to assess CRA adherence. Who watches the watchmen?

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RESPA enforcement is back — are you ready?

Housing Wire

That’s because real estate agents and loan officers are in survival mode and desperate to close new business. “The line of what is legal and illegal depends on who is running the CFPB,” Steve Murray, partner at RealTrends Consulting , said.

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The fate of HUD

Housing Wire

In California’s Contra Costa County, where the median home listing price is now $749,000, a loan officer priced a loan for a potential borrower with less-than-perfect credit, who had found a listing for $650,000. John Meussner, the loan originator who priced the loan, said the fees amounted to “gouging.”.

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