Federal Reserve to Tighten Lending Regulations

This good, but I need to say three words: barn door cow.

The high points:

  • Prohibit giving people unaffordable loans.
  • Restrict use of “liar” loans.
  • Prohibit or limit prepayment penalties.
  • Curb or better disclose broker incentives.
  • Require or encourage escrowing of taxes and insurance.
  • Prohibit coercion of appraisers.
  • Prohibit loan servicers from engaging in unfair practices.
  • Require better disclosure overall.

Of course, half of these should be done already by anyone who wants to operate for more than a few years and then leave town ahead of the police.

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