Michael Cohen, former President Donald Trump’s former attorney, testified during the trial that he used proceeds from a personal home equity line of credit to pay off Stormy Daniels on behalf of Trump.
The VA said Wednesday it is “strongly” encouraging mortgage servicers to extend their pause of foreclosures for VA-guaranteed home loans through the end of this year.
The new policy includes the implementation of a waterfall of loan modifications designed to reduce borrowers' monthly mortgage payment by at least 20%.
Lenders took an average pre-tax loss of $645 per loan originated in the first quarter compared with an average loss of $2,109 per loan in the previous quarter.
“The dynamics with the [CFPB] will now start to resemble those of most federal agencies: there will be legal challenges to specific regulations and enforcement actions … but those will be focused, targeted challenges, not existential ones,” according to Adam Levitin, a Georgetown University law school professor.