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The Senate looks set to pass Senate Bill 2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, which seeks to undo some of the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, passed in the wake of the financial crisis. Sixteen Democrats joined 50 Republicans to allow a vote on the bill, sponsored by offered by Senators Mike Crapo (R-ID), Joe Donnelly (D-IN), and three other Democrats. The bill in its present form makes some changes to mortgage regulations, but there is concern about what it might look like if it survives to pass the House. The bill that passed out of the Senate Banking Committee amends the Truth in Lending Act to allow institutions with less than $10 billion in assets to waive some of the ability-to-repay requirements of the
Housing News
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The Senate looks set to pass Senate Bill 2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, which seeks to undo some of the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, passed in the wake of the... (read more)
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Rob Chrisman
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Rates have gone up, refi volumes are dropping, and LOs are having plenty of discussions with potential borrowers about “rent vs. buy.” SmartAsset has now set up an interactive map that shows where buying a home, or renting, makes the most... (read more)
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MBS Commentary
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Thanks to February's lower day count throwing off the normal cadence of Treasury auctions, bond markets will have to take down 3 auctions in the first 2 days of the week. Today, that includes 3 and 10yr notes, making for a fairly onerous glut ... (read more)
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Mortgage Rate Watch
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Mortgage rates must really like being where they are right now, because they've been at roughly the same levels for the past 5 days! Not only is this highly out of character for 2018, it's not even that common in general (might happen a few times a y... (read more)
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Housing News
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CoreLogic has been watching for signs of overvalued markets for some time. The company and its lead analysts Frank Nothaft, Molly Boesel, and Sam Khater have produced a special report "Evaluating the Housing Market Since the Great Recession," which p... (read more)
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Rob Chrisman
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Let’s end the week with a non-mortgage related note about nature. You Tube has a live webcam a live webcam in the San Francisco Presidio of a Red-Tailed Hawk nest. Not much happens when its dark, but recently an egg was laid! Hawks couldn&rsquo... (read more)
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