News & Analysis as of August 16, 2025

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The term "mortgage" typically refers to a mortgage loan. A mortgage loan is a financing instrument where an individual or business borrows money to purchase property (usually real property) and... more +

Congress Passes Legislation to Help Protect Veterans from Foreclosure by Reauthorizing Partial Claims with VA Home Loans

Ballard Spahr LLP on 7/17/2025

The U.S. Senate recently passed H.R. 1815, the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act, to reauthorize partial claims with U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) guaranteed home loans. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the...more

VA Winding Down VASP Program

Ballard Spahr LLP on 4/28/2025

As previously reported, last year the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) launched a Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase (VASP) program, which VA characterized as a “last-resort tool” for VA home loan borrowers facing...more

CFPB Penalizes VA Lender for Misrepresenting Cost of Cash-Out Refinance Loans

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 9/9/2024

On August 29, the CFPB issued a consent order against a non-bank direct mortgage lender for misrepresenting the cost of its cash-out refinance loans, which are guaranteed under the VA home loan program, to active-duty...more

VA Announces Temporary Variance Allowing Veterans to Pay Broker Commissions and Announces a Targeted Foreclosure Moratorium

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/14/2024

Buyer-Broker Commissions - In connection with its guaranteed home loan program, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently adopted a temporary local variance allowing veterans to pay the commission of the real estate...more

CFPB, FTC And 50 States Show Power In Numbers With Operation Corrupt Collector

Goodwin on 10/2/2020

In the News. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), along with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and more than 50 federal and state law enforcement partners, announced Operation Corrupt Collector, a nationwide law...more

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