U.S. Restricts Freedom Mortgage in Continued VA Loan Crackdown

Some mortgage firms have generated revenue in recent years through rapid, repeated refinances of veterans' loans.

By Joe Light | June 04, 2018 at 08:45 AM

Freedom Mortgage, one of the largest U.S. home lenders, is being punished by a government -owned mortgage guarantor amid concerns that the Mount Laurel, N.J.-based company is helping to enable unnecessary refinances of veterans' loans.

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