Dozens of VA lenders have been subpoenaed by the US Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn to turn over hundreds of VA loan files in connection with an investigation of their lending practices.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development has received its share of a $14.5 million settlement agreed to by Gateway Funding Diversified Mortgage Services to resolve allegations of failing to comply with FHA rules.
Freedom Mortgage, one of the largest non-bank lender/servicers in the nation and a top FHA/VA lender, is ready to issue $250 million worth of debt at a stunning cost of 10.75%. Now the question is: what will it do with the cash?
As it curtails the use of the False Claims Act to stop fraud in FHA lending, the Department of Housing and Urban Development is turning to technology to bring enforcement action and hold lenders accountable for harmful business practices, according to attorneys.
President Trump this week directed the Treasury Department, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and other federal agencies to come up with a housing-finance reform plan that includes the government-sponsored enterprises, FHA and Ginnie Mae.
The volume of FHA and VA loans securitized in Ginnie Mae pools declined in 2018, according to an Inside FHA/VA Lending analysis of agency data. [Includes one data chart.]
Many of the loans with lower credit scores and higher debt-to-income ratios that get flagged for manual underwriting under FHA’s revised Technology Open to Approved Lenders (TOTAL) Mortgage Scorecard likely will not get endorsed, analysts said. [Includes one data chart.]
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