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The decision from the Federal Housing Finance Agency to allow lenders to review only two credit reports for mortgage applicants will harm homebuyers with less than perfect credit, writes the founder and CEO of Financial Services Innovation Coalition and a certified general appraiser at the Dawson Valuation Group.

The association thinks this could simplify and manage the costs of two new pending credit requirements by allowing companies to add the one that's been through a price hike second.

The share of homeowners late by 30-59 days got slightly higher but remained below 1%, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

The proposal would bring companies cited for civil enforcement actions under its scope to bar them from doing business with the government-sponsored enterprises.

Over one-third of the struggling borrowers who received recast loan terms in the first quarter cut their monthly obligation by 20% or more.

Realtor, mortgage banking, depository, securities, community lending, building, insurer, credit union and fair housing groups foresee operational complexities.

Fee hikes at the government-sponsored enterprises are one remedy, the government-sponsored enterprise's regulator noted in its annual report to Congress.

The government-sponsored enterprise has been using a predictive Jupiter Intelligence score suite to review its more than 17 million residential mortgage-related assets.

But on a cumulative basis since 2013, the unpaid principal balance of reference pools is higher at Freddie Mac, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Housing market players navigated big changes, and controversy, as the spring market moved forward.