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I’m still watching TV commercials, listening to radio ads, and getting direct mail–where mortgage companies are NOT following the Reg Z Rules. We need to level the Playing Field and if you notice a company not following these rules, then you need to call them–or report them–because we all need to play by the same rules.

The VA is urging its approved lenders to provide relief to military borrowers affected by the tornadoes that devastated Alabama, Arkansas and other parts of the country in April. The agency issued a circular in early May to help those whose homes were damaged or destroyed and families of those injured or killed in the

The USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) mortgage program was created for low income families looking to buy a home in rural areas.

The home-buying tax credits that helped the sagging real estate industry stay afloat last year are still available to one final group of prospective buyers: Active duty military members. But time is running out, which means real estate professionals should jump at the opportunity, especially in military-rich parts of the country. Service members who served

The home-buying tax credits that helped the sagging real estate industry stay afloat last year are still available to one final group of prospective buyers: Active duty military members. But time is running out, which means real estate professionals should jump at the opportunity, especially in military-rich parts of the country. Service members who served

Most mortgage companies don’t realize this yet, but the Fair Access to Credit Score Disclosures are coming to a loan file near you! We know the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act is massive—and covers all types of financial entities. Tucked away in the bill is a section called “Fair Access to Credit Scores” which contains

One of the nation’s biggest mortgage lenders overcharged thousands of military members in apparent violation of a law designed to protect service members against foreclosure. JP Morgan Chase is currently cutting refund checks totaling some $2 million to about 4,000 service members nationwide.

So effective April 1st, FHA is requiring that all lenders must enter the “NMLS Identifier” number when ordering a case number.

There are bubbling concerns that USDA loans, of all places, could be the next mortgage product to collapse. An audit released recently revealed that thousands of these low-cost rural home loans might be headed for default, compromised by poor oversight and the same type of lending practices that triggered the subprime mortgage meltdown

After opening the year with mixed news about employment, the second week of January brought even more insight into the health of the nascent economic recovery. For several months, traders have worried about the potential rise in inflation that could be caused by the Federal Reserve’s Quantitative Easing program.

The first week of any month is typically a very active week, from an economic data perspective, and January 3rd to January 7th 2010 was no exception. Mortgage pricing continued its recent volatility last week, as conflicting employment data exerted their forces on Mortgage-Backed Security prices.