Mortgage Rates End Week Unchanged. Next Week, Probably Not…

Mortgage Rates End Week Unchanged. Next Week, Probably Not… It’s no great secret that the outgoing week didn’t offer much in terms of hotly anticipated events with the power to make or break momentum in the rate market.  But as it happened, there was ultimately no impact whatsoever by the time Friday afternoon rolled around.  […]

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FHFA set to end equitable housing finance plans for GSEs

The Federal Housing Finance Agency is proposing to repeal its fair lending, fair housing and equitable housing finance rule, stating it is looking to comply with Pres. Trump’s executive orders. Furthermore, the rule is duplicative, with the laws behind each portion administered by other agencies. But Jannell Byrd-Chichester, general counsel for the National Fair Housing

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Private flood insurance growing as federal coverage recedes

Private flood insurance use rose notably in recent years as utilization of federal coverage inched down due to adjustments to public programs that have included more latitude in the mortgage sector. Over the last four years, private coverage grew 20% while public policies the National Flood Insurance Program offers receded by 2%, according to a

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