Lenders weigh risk of targeted lending programs

On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sits down with Senior Mortgage Reporter Georgia Kromrei to discuss the efforts by regulators to encourage lenders to develop special-purpose lending programs — and why lenders might see those as fraught with peril. The two also discuss the FHFA’s new inspector general and Freddie Mac’s new program for accepting direct deposit information for income verification.

Articles related to this episode:

• Regulators show united front on targeted lending programs
• Senate confirms FHFA inspector general who pledged not to be “paper tiger”
• Freddie Mac rolls out direct deposit income verification

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