ICE Mortgage Technology has launched its own publicly available weekly average prime offer rate [APOR] index, the company announced Tuesday. The APOR index is the underlying interest rate source used to determine what qualifies as a higher-priced mortgage loan under federal regulations. For more than a decade, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has published the […]
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Privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac risks a return to the kind of perilous mortgages that helped cause the global financial crisis unless regulatory safeguards are kept in place, an affordable housing nonprofit said in a paper on Tuesday. READ MORE: GSE overhaul talk revives as key players meet “This is essential to averting the
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The Federal Housing Finance Board is reportedly back in action after a long hiatus, leading to speculation that the Trump administration could be working on taking its next steps forward in contemplating government-sponsored enterprise reform. The heads of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s conservator and regulator, Securities and Exchange Commission, Department of Housing and Urban
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