Senate leaders are nearing agreement on a six-month extension of the $8,000 first time homebuyer tax credit. It appears the tax credit will be expanded to more buyers and the income limits will be raised. The current tax credit is limited to first-time homebuyers and expires November 30. Details are still being worked out. But the tax credit extension is expected to be rolled into a manager's amendment and attached to a bill that extends unemployment benefits (H.R. 3548). The Senate is slated to vote on ending a filibuster Tuesday evening so that the senators can vote Wednesday on H.R. 3548 and send the extension bill back to the House of Representatives.
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Non-qualified mortgages account for 23.1% of the series 2026-7 pool, by balance, and 43.4% of the loans in the pool were made to investors for business purposes and are exempt from the Ability-to-Repay rules.
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Besides promoting Sridhar Sharma to CEO from president, the company named Andrew Bon Salle, ex-Fannie exec, as its new chairman, both replacing Chris Marshall.
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Several proposed updates, including lower risk-weight floors for certain securitizations and corporate loans, could make it more attractive for banks to finance or hold certain private credit-related assets, experts say.
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Federal Reserve Gov. Michael Barr appears to be among the majority of monetary policymakers who foresee at least one more rate hike before the end of the year.
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Attom expanded its artificial intelligence platform, eLend partnered with Ready4Remodel to increase renovation financing and Keller Williams teamed up with Rejig.ai.
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Several lawsuits filed this year have painted the shared appreciation agreements as misleading, and suggest they should be treated as mortgage loans.
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