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FHA Tightens Mortgage Requirements: Lending Costs To Rise

by Richard D. Vetstein, Esq. January 26, 2010 Closings

I’m happy to welcome guest blogger, Patrick Maddigan, Esq.,the Director of Operations and Business Development at our new entity, TitleHub Closing Services. Pat is writing today on the new FHA lending changes.

On January 20th, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) announced it would tighten certain lending requirements and guidelines with the purpose of reducing risk and [...]

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