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MBA Releases Free Home Loan Toolkit Mobile App for iPhone and Android - MBA - (Washington, D.C.) The Mortgage Bankers Association released a new, free mobile application today for iPhone and Android devices designed to help perspective homebuyers better navigate the mortgage process. MBA's Home Loan Toolkit features a "How Much Home Can I Afford?" calculator, a mortgage-term glossary and an exclusive MBA interest rate feed. |
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ABA Offers Alternative to Strengthen "Qualified Mortgage" Safe Harbor - ABA (Washington) In a comment letter Friday, the American Bankers Association offered an alternative solution to strengthen the “qualified mortgage” option's safe-harbor protections in the Federal Reserve's proposed rule that would require creditors to determine a consumer's ability to repay a mortgage before making the loan.
The Fed’s Dodd-Frank Act-mandated proposal provides four options for complying with the ability-to-repay requirement, and ABA emphasized that banks would seek the options that minimize legal risks. In the letter, ABA pushed the Bureau to enact QM options that provide creditors with special protection from liability if the loan meets specific loan standards, including no negative amortizations and fees within certain limits. |
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"DEAL OR NO DEAL" - Weekly Economic & Housing Update - HousinMatrix.com Understand the Forces Shaping the Economy & the Housing Market - Make Informed Decisions. Join us each week for a conversation with economist Rodney Johnson, President of HS Dent with host Howard Voyles. The most informative 15 minutes you will spend each week. This week we are discussing a possible Treasury Default, Jobs, Foreclosure & Existing Home Sales and their impact housing. Click here to listen. |
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ABA Statement on OCC Final Rule On Preemption - ABA By Kenneth Clayton, chief counsel, American Bankers Association “Today, the OCC clarified the rules of the road for national banks and how they serve their customers. This means that bank customers – regardless of where they live or work – will have a consistent, high-level set of consumer protections nationwide. |
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Among New Hires, incomes That Cover Housing Copsts Reamin Elusive - Center For Housing Policy (Washington) Latest data show workers in the job sector with the most new hires are often priced out of housing. In the midst of a slow recovery from a prolonged recession, home prices have dropped and some employers are slowly starting to hire. Yet workers in many newly filled jobs still may not be able to afford housing at the wages currently being offered. The latest edition of the Paycheck to Paycheck database from the Center for Housing Policy (the Center) reveals the gap between wages and the costs of housing, both rental and owned, in more than 200 U.S. metro areas for workers in 72 occupations. |
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