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MBA Opposes FHA's Condo Escrow Account Proposal.(Mortgage Bankers Association)(Federal Housing Administration )(Condominium)(Brief Article)

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Washington -- The Mortgage Bankers Assoc-iation is urging the FHA to drop a proposal that would require servicers to set up escrow accounts for condominium and homeowner association dues.

The trade group also wants the Federal Housing Administration to eliminate a requirement that servicers meet with certain delinquent borrowers.

While the FHA is concerned about liens on unpaid condo and HOA dues, the escrow proposal "recommends a nearly impossible monitoring and compliance obligation on mortgage companies that is unprecedented in scope and difficulty," MBA says in a comment letter.

MBA points out there are over 250,000 condominiums, cooperatives and HOAs and the "anticipated volume and costs for processing condominium and HOA escrows are ...

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