ATTOM: Seriously Underwater Properties Post Largest Yearly Drop

Ahead of the Mortgage Bankers Association’s 3rd Quarter National Delinquency Survey release this Friday, ATTOM Data Solutions, Irvine, Calif., said its quarterly analysis showed seriously underwater properties fell by nearly one million properties from the second quarter.

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Will Re-Enter LIHTC Market

The Federal Housing Finance Agency will allow Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac limited re-entry into the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit market as equity investors effective immediately, the agency said.

Senate Compromise on Regulatory Relief Legislation Moves Forward

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and a bipartisan group of cosponsors introduced a regulatory relief package this week that could ease certain Dodd-Frank Act restrictions on banks, a compromise praised by the Mortgage Bankers Association.

MBA: Mortgage Delinquencies Rise in 3Q

Summer hurricanes and payment timing issues drove an uptick in early stage mortgage delinquencies, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Friday.

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Will Re-Enter LIHTC Market

The Federal Housing Finance Agency will allow Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac limited re-entry into the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit market as equity investors effective immediately, the agency said.

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Will Re-Enter LIHTC Market

The Federal Housing Finance Agency will allow Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac limited re-entry into the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit market as equity investors effective immediately, the agency said.

MBA, Trade Groups Take Business Interest Deduction Battle to Senate

Even as the House Ways and Means Committee approved a House Republican-led measure to rewrite the nation’s tax code, the Mortgage Bankers Association and a coalition of industry trade groups appealed to Senate leadership to ensure that a key provision–the ability for businesses to maintain full interest deductibility–remain intact in the Senate version.