Tag Archives: Expanding Mortgage Credit Access

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized minor changes to its mortgage rules designed to ensure expanded credit access, which has been a hot topic in recent weeks.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julián Castro announced in a speech on Monday the points of HUD's "Blueprint for Access" meant to ease the risk of lenders while expanding credit.

The Federal Housing Finance Administration (FHFA) is working to expand availability for mortgage credit in an attempt to give the housing market a lift, and is also working on ways to mitigate risk to GSEs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, FHFA director Mel Watt said in a speech delivered on Monday.