Administration Budget Lowers FHA Potential Draw, Donovan Attributes Improvement to High Quality Loans
April 11, 2013
The FHA may need to draw $943 million from the U.S. Treasury to reserve for further unexpected losses in the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund, according to estimates in the Obama administrations fiscal 2014 budget proposal released this week. That is a bit of good news, despite Congress continuing concern about the FHA. Last year, an independent actuarial audit found a projected $16.3 billion shortfall in the MMIF as of the end of fiscal 2012. The audit also revealed that capital reserves for unexpected losses had fallen to negative 1.44 percent. Technically, the FHA has...