Freddie Mac has issued an industry lender in response to recently enacted predatory lending rules in the state of Indiana.The revised standards for the purchase of loans in the state apply to mortgages with note dates on or after January 1, 2005, that are secured by properties in Indiana. In the industry letter, the agency said mortgages secured by high cost home loans as defined by the Indiana Act are not eligible for delivery to Freddie Mac. The seller must represent and warrant that it will not sell to Freddie Mac high cost home loans or any other ineligible mortgages.
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Conforming loan limits are determined using a home price index. A congressman is proposing a switch to an income-based metric, creating more jumbo mortgages.
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The effective tax rate, measuring taxes relative to home prices, also increased to its highest mark in five years, according to Attom's analysis.
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The California-based lender announced Wednesday the addition of One Goal Mortgage, a branch serving the Omaha, Nebraska, metro area and Southwest Iowa.
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Better is focusing on its U.S. mortgage unit, which reported higher-than-expected preliminary loan volumes and priced a stock offering.
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A new Basel III proposal offers mixed results for warehouse lending, with some risk-weight relief for banks but tougher terms that could crimp credit availability for nonbank mortgage lenders.
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Roughly a third of homeowners with a mortgage rate less than 6% would not give up their rate for any reason, according to a survey of 1,000 mortgage holders.
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