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QRM And How It Can Affect All Home Buyers And Slow Down Our Economy... Big Time

Qualified Residential Mortgage (QRM). If this passes all new homebuyers will have to save a 20% downpayment in order to buy a home. That could take 10 years!

I just got an email confirmation that Duncan Hunter (CA House of Rep) received my opposition letter against QRM. What is QRM you ask?  Qualified Residential Mortgage.

Three federal agencies – the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency – are supporting a new rule for the QRM that would require prospective homebuyers to put at least 20 percent down (instead of the FHA 3.5%). For those seeking to refinance their mortgage, even more cash or equity would be required.  To speak out contact Duncan Hunter at his website http://hunter.house.gov/

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