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The complaint unsealed Monday alleges three individuals and several companies they owned or controlled engaged in False Claims Act violations involving short sales of properties that had Federal Housing Administration-insured mortgages.January 5
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If the underwriters' option is exercised, proceeds will bring in $112 million instead of a possible $176 million.October 22
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The accusations against Nutter Home Loans, like an earlier settlement with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, center on concerns related to FHA-insured reverse mortgages. The company "strongly disputes" them.September 30
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Specialized Loan Servicing will pay more than $1 million to settle Consumer Financial Protection Bureau allegations that it foreclosed on protected consumers and failed to send required evaluation notices in 2014.May 12
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Ginnie Mae in 2020 is going to seriously examine what it would take to respond to a longstanding, priority request of its issuers.February 27
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JPMorgan Chase may jump back into a mortgage program that helps low-income Americans buy homes, mulling a return years after most banks pulled back from the business in frustration over billions of dollars in penalties.February 5
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The fact that the more operationally skilled nonbanks have come to specialize in government mortgages is hardly surprising if you assess the cost to originate and service these loans.January 13
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Despite changes by the Federal Housing Administration, bankers remain reluctant to join the program for fear of legal liability. But that could change if it revamps servicing processes, experts say.January 13
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The Federal Housing Administration has implemented defect taxonomy revisions for 2020 that it considers one of several milestone achievements in its efforts to "provide greater clarity and consistency for lenders.”January 3
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The government has used the law to bring fraud claims against Federal Housing Administration lenders, but the new steps respond to criticism that minor offenders were also getting punished.October 28
