HousingWireHousingWire Following moves to close the Veteran Affairs Servicing Purchase (VASP) program, a bill from a lawmaker who railed against it that seeks to reform the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) home loan program with the addition of a partial claim option has picked up support from the Mortgage…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire After a series of severe winter storms and flooding in Virginia that compounded damage sustained from Hurricane Helene last fall, President Donald Trump recently issued a major disaster declaration. Now the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is moving to make disaster aid available for those with…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire With sales activity stuck in neutral through the first four months of the year, there’s not much to suggest that the 2025 housing market will be vastly improved from 2023 or 2024. But mortgage leaders and economists are expressing cautious optimism even as the cost of a home loan…
Continue reading →Fidelity employees gather for a photo at their Merrimack headquarters during the company’s Financial Literacy Day on April 29. (Courtesy of Fidelity) During Fidelity’s Financial Literacy Day at their Merrimack headquarters, employee Deb DiMarzio told teens from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Manchester that financial literacy is more…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Four years ago, Cissy Larkin’s husband, Christopher Larkin, was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Both Larkins, based in Houston, have worked in mortgage for decades. Christopher is a sales executive for Plaza Home Mortgage‘s National Correspondent Division and still working through his diagnosis, while Cissy is a board…
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