The Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund’s economic net worth and capital reserve ratio declined in fiscal year 2017 due to losses in the FHA Home Equity Conversion Mortgage portfolio caused by rising claims, according to the agency’s annual report to Congress released this week. While the fund remains above its minimum capital level, both the economic net worth and the capital ratio fell from levels at the end of fiscal 2016, the report said. Specifically, the fund’s…
“By contrast, the 2017 HECM portfolio has a negative capital ratio of 19.84 percent and a negative economic net worth of $14.5 billion,” HUD said in its summary.
Today, just three depositories remain among the top 25 HECM lenders: First Bank (ranked 16th at mid-year), The Federal Savings Bank (19th) and Quontic Bank, FSB (21st).
The creation of a U.S. sovereign wealth fund could grease the skids for an end to the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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