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CROWNSVILLE — The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development has lowered its Maryland Mortgage Program interest rate to 4.25 percent and increased its Downpayment and Settlement Expense Loan Program from $3,500 to $5,000 for borrowers who apply and are approved for a loan.

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FHA to Boost Mortgage Insurance PremiumsWall Street Journal… that originate loans with FHA backing. “Mortgage lenders will find the new rules painful but necessary,” says Howard Glaser, an industry consultant. …US FHA downpayment to remain 3.5 pct for some ReutersFHA Watch: Are 3.5% Down Payments Too Low? Wall Street Journal (blog)Texas Home Buyers! FHA, VA Loans and 100% Financing FreeRateUpdate.com Wall Street Journalall 21 news articles »

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Why hasn’t Washington offered any aid to help the beleaguered mortgage insurance (MI) industry? Lawmakers have thrown a bone to nearly every other sector of the housing and mortgage-related industries, but not to mortgage insurers. Especially at a time when credit requirements are so stringent and when most lenders are requiring a maximum downpayment, has not one lawmaker on Capitol Hill even considered propping up this industry that’s on the brink? Note: MI policies help make low-downpa

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HousingWire has an article about the proposed legislation and what it might mean for FHA borrowers. Let me attempt to clear a few things up: It used to be that when calculating the FHA maximum loan amount, some of the closing costs were factored in to the “acquisition cost.” So, if you were buying a house for $100,000, the down payment calculations would have been based on an acquisition cost of $101,500. That went away already, at least a year ago, though I don’t recall the exact date

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by Moe Bedard on September 15, 2009 · 0 commentsin Home Loan News EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – A federal judge in East St. Louis has ordered a southwestern Illinois minister to spend four years in federal prison and repay $142,000 in a mortgage fraud case.The government says he made fraudulent transactions to get a loan on a home in an exclusive Maryville neighborhood. His wrongdoing helped him get a subprime mortgage to buy property without a downpayment while exposing lender HomeEq Mortgage Servicin

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