March 3, 2016House bill would ease licensing requirements for some nonbank loan officersA House committee has passed a mortgage industry-supported proposal that would create… Read More »House bill would ease licensing requirements for some nonbank loan officers
Push for GSEs to rebuild capital to absorb any looming losses February 17, 2016 by Ben Lane From the above-referenced article in Housing Wire: “In… Read More »Community lenders call for Fannie, Freddie to stop paying dividend to Treasury – Housing Wire 2/17/16
“I can’t handicap how likely it is that they would do this, or how seriously they are looking at it right now,” said Scott… Read More »Scotsman Guide 1/26/16 – Mortgage industry divided over further cuts to FHA insurance premiums
On the topic of risk sharing Scott Olson wrote, “On behalf of CHLA I wanted to respond to your column about GSE up-front risk sharing, since… Read More »Rob Chrisman 1/26/16 – CHLA on Upfront Risk Sharing (Excerpt)
January 19, 2016 As reported by Brian Collins in National Mortgage News, different mortgage trade groups were at loggerheads over the need for more FHA premium cuts, with… Read More »Industry at Loggerheads Over Need for More FHA Premium Cuts – National Mortgage News 1/19/16
Spending bill gives Congress the keys to GSEs’ conservatorship Congressional leaders reached an agreement on a final spending bill late Wednesday that includes language… Read More »Scotsman Guide 12/17/15 – Spending Bill Gives Congress the keys to GSEs' Conservatorship