FHA Commissioner Brian Montgomery (Credit: Pixabay and Wikipedia) The Trump administration is toughening up rules on national affordable housing programs due to concerns over risk to the roughly $1.3 trillion portfolio the government has in federally insured mortgages. The crackdown focuses on lenders for people who can’t afford the typical 3.5 percent down payment that […]
White House allows Americans to sue for seized Cuban properties
President Donald Trump and a map of Cuba (Credit: Getty Images and iStock) Americans are now able to sue about 200 Cuban companies that control real estate previously confiscated by the Cuban government. The White House plans to announce the decision Monday, as part of a partial implementation of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act […]