...the report states that HUD, starting in 2013, began restricting initial withdrawals as well as introducing criteria for underwriting. With these policy changes, property taxes as well as insurance default...
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Will New Reverse Mortgage Policies Reverse Concerns?
...concerns, the report states that HUD, starting in 2013, began restricting initial withdrawals as well as introducing criteria for underwriting. With these policy changes, property taxes as well as insurance...
Read More »Zombie Property Fight Reaches National Level
...property is located when it walks away from the foreclosure; Prohibiting servicers from walking away from an initiated foreclosure unless the servicer releases the lien on the property and provides...
Read More »One State Takes Mortgage Relief a Step Further
...list cancelled mortgage debt as income. California has been one of the states hardest hit by the housing crisis. In January 2009, distressed residential property sales in the state peaked...
Read More »FHA Extends Deadline for HECM Delinquencies
...HECM borrowers or spouses are delinquent on property taxes or insurance payments. In Mortgagee Letter 2016-01 issued this week, FHA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Ed Golding announced that the deadline...
Read More »A Tough Market Means Tough Decisions
...a trendy urban location for a suburban home if the difference in taxes, utilities and space is significant. It’s easy to be sentimental when it comes to a business that...
Read More »Buying is Cheaper than Renting in Most Housing Markets
...buyers toward renting due to differing home prices and rents, property taxes, and home price appreciation. Honolulu, Hawaii, and San Jose, California, are the only metros where buying a home...
Read More »HUD Extends Deadline for HECMs in Default
...letter. Mortgagees are permitted by ML 2015-11 to implement loss mitigation options to help borrowers satisfy unpaid property charges or other obligations such as taxes or hazard insurance. “For defaults...
Read More »Survival in the SFR Market Requires Unorthodox Acquisition Strategies
...over that property. If someone inherits a home out of state, they don't have the funds for the property taxes or to rehab the property. It's just a headache and...
Read More »St. Louis Fed President Says Community Banks Need More Regulatory Relief
...information and experience to warrant additional action." Bullard suggests that regulators consider increasing the transaction value threshold under which a property requires an appraisal by a state-certified or licensed appraiser....
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