Speaking at the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association conference this week, Urban Institute’s Laurie Goodman called for “more permanent” steps to ease liquidity issues in the HECM market.
A coalition of conservative organizations, led by the Heritage Foundation, has published a 920-page handbook called Project 2025, laying out the policy agenda for the next conservative administration.
Improvements to the FHA home equity conversion mortgage program will help seniors maintain housing stability and financial security in retirement, according to Urban Institute’s Amalie Zinn.
Former Ginnie Mae President Alanna McCargo joins FHLB San Francisco; industry and consumer groups support VA supplemental rulemaking on IRRRL program; VA drafting rule on ARMs.
HUD finalizes rule on interested party contributions for FHA HECM for purchase program; Ginnie announces payment default status dataset; federal jury convicts FHA borrower of fraud; and more news briefs.
CHLA endorses House Resolution 612 to protect veterans benefits; VA finalizes rule updating loss-mitigation terminology; VA adopts a no cash, no check policy; Ginnie adds low- to moderate-income data disclosures related to its home equity conversion mortgage MBS program; HUD to hold vacant home sale related to its HECM program.
A district court judge threw out parts of a lawsuit against Ginnie Mae for canceling Texas Capital Bank’s first-priority lien on a loan portfolio of Reverse Mortgage Funding but allowed a key challenge to go ahead.