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MBA urges overhaul of mortgage rules in letter to OMB

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) submitted a formal request to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on Monday, asking for the rescission of six rules and revisions to nine others that affect the mortgage industry. These include regulations tied to servicing, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) and loan officer compensation, […]

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HUD secretary defends repeal of fair housing rule

In a strongly worded op-ed, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner defended the recent repeal of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule. Turner argued in The Gazette, an Iowa-based newspaper, that AFFH represented a federal overreach into local housing decisions and hurt the very communities it claimed to help.

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House bill calls for bigger SALT tax breaks

The House tax committee is looking to raise the cap on the state and local tax deduction (SALT) and formally adopt several of President Trump’s campaign tax promises as part of a multi-trillion-dollar package, Republicans’ main legislative priority. The draft legislation, introduced by the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee in the House of Representatives on

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Feds accuse Trump adversary Letitia James of loan fraud

New York Attorney General and long-time legal adversary to Donald Trump Letitia James faces a federal grand jury investigation involving her role in multiple mortgage transactions, according to several news sources.  The investigation, which is being led by the Department of Justice and the FBI, revolves around fraud allegations made by Federal Housing Finance Agency

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