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Reverse purchase financing: The financing option no one is talking about

Housing Wire

That’s where reverse purchase financing comes into play, the funding option specifically designed for older Americans. What is reverse purchase financing? The HECM for Purchase is not a refinancing tool; it is not akin to a Home Equity Line of Credit ( HELOC ). Yet staggeringly few are aware of its existence.

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Opinion: The not-so-surprising resurgence of home equity lending

Housing Wire

Despite rising rates, demand for home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) continues to surge with 2022 origination levels up more than 40% from a year ago, according to data from Citizens. Record levels of home equity. This too is changing as innovation in the home equity lending space has finally arrived. Customer experience.

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Fannie Mae housing equity plan won’t expand credit box

Housing Wire

Can Fannie Mae ’s housing equity plan make a meaningful dent in the 30 percentage point racial homeownership gap without a broad review of loan pricing? Top brass at Fannie Mae, in a Thursday webinar discussing its new equitable housing finance plans, argued it can. More than 40% of those borrowers are Black or Latino, he added.

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CFPB considers ban on charging buyers for lender’s title policy

Housing Wire

The homebuyer also has the option to purchase an owner’s title policy, which protects the equity they build on the property. According to the publication, the CFPB will release a request for information on closing costs, including title insurance and other fees, as soon as late April.

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FHFA annual report highlights GSE actions on affordable housing

Housing Wire

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) this week released its annual Housing Mission Report , offering insights into the actions the agency took in 2023 on a host of issues. Through the HomeReady First SPCP, Fannie Mae acquired 921 loans with a total of more than $5 million in down payment or closing cost assistance, the report stated.

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With landmark GSE equity plans, FHFA confronts legacy of redlining

Housing Wire

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), under the leadership of Director Sandra Thompson, on Wednesday unveiled landmark equitable housing finance plans for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. A September 2021 request for input ahead of the equitable housing finance plans indicated the FHFA would implement the plans by January 1, 2022.

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The CFPB is going after ‘junk fees’ mortgage lenders charge at closing. This could get ugly

Housing Wire

President Joe Biden announced a housing plan during his 2024 State of the Union address on Thursday night, which included a statement that the CFPB will pursue “rulemaking and guidance to address anticompetitive closing costs imposed by lenders on homebuyers and homeowners,” according to a White House announcement.

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