Jeffrey Weidell, CEO of Northmarq, testified before a House oversight subcommittee last month on behalf of the MBA.

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.

FHA plans outreach and training to lenders and appraisers on the rule’s impact.

The course will focus on issues that originators might not yet have encountered, such as how to handle a VA loan assumption.

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.

Nonbank issuers in the Ginnie Mae program should have better access to funding from commercial banks to help bolster their liquidity, according to a proposal from the Housing Policy Council.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Adrianne Todman last week made her first appearance before the Senate Banking and Housing Committee as acting secretary.

FHA and VA lenders and servicers should prepare for more regulation related to climate risk and housing sustainability, speakers at an AmeriCatalyst conference last week suggested.

Alanna McCargo, the outgoing Ginnie Mae president, is receiving praise for achievements, including obtaining a significant boost in funding from Congress.

The final rule on the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard includes new requirements for FHA mortgages.