Pricing May Not Help Private MIs Make Further Gains on FHA, GSE Issues Still Key
May 10, 2012
Private MI officials say FHA pricing changes have helped the industry regain some market share from the agency, but future gains may depend on how the federal government eventually changes its role in the mortgage market. After its most recent pricing adjustment in April of this year, the FHA does not expect to make further changes in its insurance premiums, said Charles Coulter, deputy assistant secretary at the FHA, during this weeks secondary market conference sponsored by the Mortgage Bankers Association. We are an average pricer, and that alone creates opportunities for private MIs, he said...