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New FHA Guidelines To Ignore COVID-Era Employment Lapses
Lenders Have Until September 5th To Comply With New FHA Guidelines Ignoring COVID-Era Employment Lapses New FHA guidelines loosen the requirements to qualify for a loan if they lost work during the pandemic. Beginning September 5th, lenders are to ignore job gaps during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) announced new flexibility for…
Sprout Mortgage To Shut Their Doors
Sprout Mortgage Is The Latest Lender To Implode Due To Current Economic Conditions Sprout Mortgage is shutting its doors according to multiple employees. The company informed employees on Wednesday. The company informed the more than 300 workers of the shut down in a conference call on Wednesday. Sprout had already instituted several rounds of job…
Desperate Fannie And Freddie Accepting On-Time Rent As Credit
Desperate Fannie And Freddie Are Accepting On-Time Rent As Credit In New Underwriting Guidelines Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are expecting to see a drop in revenue with the pending recession. As a result, a desperate Fannie and Freddie are resorting to a new tactic to get people qualified for mortgages. The GSEs are using…
First Guaranty Mortgage Corporation Closes It’s Doors
MAMA MIA! Here We Go Again! Major Lender, First Guaranty Mortgage Corporation Closes It’s Doors! Company Files Bankruptcy! 16 years years ago, mortgage lenders began dropping like flies at the beginning of the great recession. Well, it’s deja vu all over again! First Guaranty Mortgage Corporation (FGMC) and its affiliate Maverick II Holdings have shut…
Mortgage Industry Faces More Mass Job Layoffs
Mortgage Industry Faces More Mass Job Layoffs. First Guaranty and Zillow Among Those Slashing Positions. The mortgage industry faces another round of layoffs. First Guaranty Mortgage has become the latest industry player forced to lay off loan officers amid market shifts. The company revealed it will cut 428 employees at its Plano, Texas location. The…
JPMorgan Chase Fired Hundreds Of Mortgage Employees
JPMorgan Chase Fired Hundreds Of Mortgage Employees As Interest Rates Skyrocket And Demand Drops JPMorgan Chase fired hundreds employees from its mortgage lending business this week. The company says rising interest rates and a looming recession have lowered demand. JPMorgan Chase did not confirm how many employees were let go or moved to different divisions….
Luxury Housing Market Sees High-End Buyers Flee
Luxury Housing Market Sees Buyers Flee Thanks To Rising Interest Rates And Volatile Stocks The luxury housing market is finally bust. After a record breaking two year run, the party is abruptly over. Real-estate agents in places like New York, Los Angeles, and the Hamptons say the frenzied deal making and record-setting prices that characterized…
Another Wells Fargo Criminal Investigation Begins
Federal Prosecutors In Manhattan Launch Another Wells Fargo Criminal Investigation Over Its Sham Hiring Practices Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have launched another Wells Fargo criminal investigation. Investigators say they are investigating bank managers who conducted sham interviews with minority and female candidates. Bank managers allegedly interviewed minority candidates for roles that were already filled. The…
Biggest Housing Contraction Since 2006 Coming Says Freddie Mac
Freddie Mac Economists Predict The Arrival Of The Biggest Housing Contraction Since 2006 The pandemic’s housing boom is finally running on fumes. Now, Freddie Mac economists are predicting the arrival of the biggest housing contraction since 2006. They point to three factors: Home sales are falling Inventory levels are rising Home sellers are cutting list…