To help, the Bush Administration and the Obama Administration bailed out the banks. Many of the home loans in America are backed by the Federal Housing Administration, a division of the Department of . FHA insures the loans. Since the passing of the Frank-Dodd legislation, standards for home mortgages have increased as mandated by law. Among those standards are requirements for FHA backed loans and standards for Government Sponsored Entities like Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac.
The first new standard is that consumers should anticipate putting 20% down. You can put less down, but that puts you into a higher risk type of mortgage and you will likely pay a higher rate.
The second new standard is that consumers should Only
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