FYI The house just passed this bill TODAY.
Who needs wall street subprime programs when you have gov. backed subprime loan programs (otherwise called FHA). It doesnt look like monopoly money to me.
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/sto...F8-6937-4ABB-BE4D-91DFE996EDBC}&dist=hplatest
By the way this bill has provisions making it EASIER for the mom and pop mortgage companies to access FHA programs......
"Lawmakers also passed an amendment to the bill offered by Frank that would raise the agency's loan limit from its current $417,000 to as much as $729,750.
"Such an increase would ensure that FHA is a viable option for borrowers who have payment option and interest-only adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs), which will be resetting in the next few years," said Stanford Group Company analyst Jaret Seiberg.
However, the Bush administration has registered opposition to that and other key parts of the House bill.
"The program should remain targeted to traditionally underserved homebuyers, such as low- and moderate-income families," the White House said in a statement on Monday.
The National Association of Mortgage Brokers supported the amendment raising the loan limit.
"Because FHA has been driven from those parts of the country where consumers are most in need of affordable financing, such as California, millions of borrowers have been forced to turn to high-cost financing and other non-traditional loan products," wrote NAMB President George Hanzimanolis, in a letter to lawmakers.
The bill eliminates down payment requirements on FHA loans. The requirement is currently 3%."