What Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac do with the money they make has long been a debate in the housing finance world. Some argued that the government-sponsored enterprises should be allowed to retain all their profits, while others argued that the GSEs’ profits should continue to flow to the Department of the Treasury, as they …
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The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act has caused its fair share of grief among mortgage lenders who stress over the new risks it will bring to compliance in 2018. But there is some relief on the horizon as HMDA enforcement was just defanged by the now Trump-led regulators. both the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency …
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“Under the guise of practicing conservation, land trusts—operating with little, if any, oversight—are becoming states within a state,” said Bonner Cohen, a senior fellow at the National Center for Public Policy Research, adding: Lording over millions of acres throughout the U.S., they have learned that they can harass property owners and force them into prohibitively …
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The International Business Times is offering an explanation as to why GOP Sen. Bob Corker switched his vote for tax reform to a “yes.” The reason is the addition of the so-called “Corker Kickback” to the tax reform, a provision that offers a 20% deduction for so-called “pass-through” entities, such as LLCs, LPs, and S-Corporations, according …
Tax reform creates a new tax break for large landlords and real estate moguls Read More »
Entities that solely own consumer residential mortgage loans and do not participate in the origination or servicing of those loans have more limited licensing requirements at the state level and are probably not subject to supervisory oversight by the CFPB. A purchaser of residential mortgage loans is, however, directly subject to a limited number of …
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A Washington state man who bilked investors out of more than $100 million in a Ponzi scheme has escaped from a federal prison in central California, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. Prison officials said Frederick Darren Berg, 55, was discovered missing Wednesday, Dec. 6 from a minimum-security work camp next to a penitentiary in …
Major Note Crook Darren Berg Breaks Out Of Federal Pen! Read More »
Some home sellers would need a sale contract inked before the end of 2017 in order to avoid a big tax bill that would be imposed if the GOP tax reform proposals become law. Both the House and Senate bills would require sellers to have lived in their residence for a longer period of time …
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The Senate Banking Committee has begun its markup of a bill that would roll back the Dodd-Frank Act. The bill, S. 2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act, contains policies which would roll back or eliminate key parts from the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Earlier this year, House …
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Contributed by Craig Saxon (http://rpadvisors.com/_index.php), who wrote: “I’m sure those that work non-performing notes are aware that principal reduction is not as important as payment reduction, but apparently Fannie and Freddie are not!” Reducing the amount a homeowner, facing default, owes on their mortgage sounds like it would be a great idea to include in …
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Q: I am a real estate broker with a question regarding sellers disclosures. Is an investor/seller offering seller financing exempt from providing a sellers disclosure? A title company advised us that since the investor/seller is the mortgagee holding the lien, he is exempt because he is a lien holder. I think this is incorrect. Is …
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