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To revise the requirements for seller-financed downpayments for mortgages for single-family housing insured by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under title II of the National Housing Act and to authorize risk-based insurance premiums for certain mortgagors under such mortgages. 10/2/2008--Reported to House amended.    (There is 1 other summary) FHA Seller-Financed Downpayment Reform and Risk-Based Pricing Authorization Act of 2008 - (Sec. 2) Amends the National Housing Act to make exceptions to the prohibition against mortgage insurance for mortgages involving a downpayment using funds furnished by: (1) the seller or any party that benefits financially from the transaction (seller-financed downpayment); or (2) any third party that is reimbursed by the seller or any such party. Makes eligible for mortgage insurance, in spite of a seller-financed downpayment, any mortagors with credit scores equivalent to a FICO score of: (1) 680 or [...]

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  • 10/02/2008 - Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 110-905.
  • 10/02/2008 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 582.
  • 09/16/2008 - Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  • 09/16/2008 - Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  • 07/31/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.