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Part 6 of 7: The Ability to Repay Law & Quali...

Welcome to part six of my seven-part series about the big changes that have happened since the mortgage meltdown! Today I’ll discuss the Ability to Repay Law and the Qualified Mortgage Rule. Giving loans to people without validating their ability to repay them is called “blind lending,” and this partially contributed to the 2008 market […]

Part 4 of 7: The Loan Officer Compensation Rule

The Dodd-Frank Act ensures that loan officers can’t ever earn any more or less money by selling a specific loan.   It’s time for section four of our seven-part series talking about reform and mortgages. Specifically, today we’re going to talk about how lenders and loan officers get paid. In the past, loan officers and lenders […]