A decade after the Great Recession, the federal government wants to lure banks back into the Federal Housing Administration program that caters to first-time homebuyers, and this week, it announced regulatory changes meant to make that program more appealing.
Source: Inman News
Feds tweak regulations to lure banks back to FHA loans
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