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The White House’s 2026 housing agenda combines administrative actions to boost supply, stronger renter protections, and targeted rental-voucher expansion while also pushing legislative priorities to u...
Multiple, primarily political accusations against Adam Schiff in 2025 center on alleged mortgage fraud and earlier claims tied to his role in the Trump–Russia investigations; the mortgage-fraud allega...
No major U.S. banks are documented in the supplied reporting as currently offering widely marketed 50‑year fixed‑rate mortgages; reporting instead describes the Trump administration and FHFA floating ...
Available reporting does not say Donald Trump personally paid a private individual’s home mortgage; coverage instead documents that President Trump and his housing officials publicly floated a policy ...
Letitia “Tish” James, New York’s attorney general, has been accused in recent reporting and filings of mortgage- and bank‑related fraud tied to the purchase of at least one Virginia property and earli...
Adam Schiff has not been criminally charged with treason or similar offenses, but since 2024–2025 reporting he has been the subject of allegations and a federal inquiry focused on alleged mortgage fra...
As of November 2025, available reporting shows 50‑year mortgages are a high‑profile policy proposal in the U.S. rather than a widely available product; the Trump administration and FHFA director Bill ...
50‑year mortgages are being discussed in U.S. policy and media circles, but they are ; proposals from federal officials and limited offerings from niche lenders coexist with regulatory constraints tha...
Lying on a U.S. mortgage application can trigger ranging from denial and loan rescission to felony charges, restitution, heavy fines and prison — in extreme federal cases, statutes cited permit senten...
—where fraudsters combine stolen payment card data, synthetic or stolen identities, and phoned or online loan application channels to extract credit or cash—has evolved from opportunistic scams into a...
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac enable long-term fixed-rate mortgages primarily by buying loans from lenders, packaging those loans into mortgage-backed securities (MBS), and guaranteeing timely principal ...
The Department of Veterans Affairs issues income limits and implementing rules on a yearly cycle, but there is no single fixed calendar day; statutory changes and administrative guidance typically sur...
No, there has not been a formal regulatory change that suddenly permits long-term mortgages as a standard, federally recognized product; what exists is a political proposal and agency exploration of 5...
President Trump announced plans to drive down mortgage rates by directing a $200 billion purchase of mortgage bonds and pledging to ban large institutional investors from buying single‑family homes, w...
President Trump announced on Truth Social that he is directing “my Representatives” to buy $200 billion in mortgage-backed securities (mortgage bonds) through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, promising it ...
Federal prosecutors first indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on charges of bank fraud and making false statements tied to a 2020/2023 mortgage in Norfolk, Virginia; the case has since st...
Federal courts and a major class-action settlement in 2024 upended long-standing MLS and commission practices: the National Association of Realtors (NAR) agreed to a $418 million settlement that requi...
Available reporting shows active investigations and a congressional censure resolution related to Adam Schiff, but none of the cited articles report that any ethics probe of Schiff has produced a fine...
No public record in the provided reporting shows that Sen. Adam Schiff has been formally indicted; reporting documents an active federal mortgage-fraud investigation and internal DOJ reviews, includin...
Since taking office, Letitia James has been both a target and a litigant in high‑profile Trump‑era legal battles: her civil probe of Trump’s business helped secure a $355 million judgment against his ...