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Changes to Frank-Dodd Act to release stress on lending

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US Treasury suggests changes in the Dodd-Frank Act which will affect housing, lending, investors, and sellers. The report came out Monday, October 9th, 2017. The Dodd-Frank Act (2011) squeezed out much of seller-financing, individual lender financing of mortgages. Today individual investors are hoping for reform of the Dodd-Frank Act. Reports are coming out from the … Continued

“The Big Short” not again

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If you liked the movie “The Big Short” then you’ll want to read this.  Mortgage-backed securities (MBSs) are back, and they are being bundled this time as Fix-and-Flip mortgage bonds.  It’s “Wall Street’s new housing bet to boost home flippers”, says Inman’s headline on February 15, 2017. What is it?  Last year Fannie Mae and … Continued