Amid growing calls among industry participants for a reduction in FHA mortgage insurance premiums, some experts believe FHA’s wait-and-see approach is the right way to go.

Home equity conversion mortgage originations increased dramatically for the second straight year with FHA endorsements totaling $23.80 billion in 2021, a 33.9% increase from the prior year. (Includes three data charts.)

HMDA data suggest disparities in the denial rates for FHA mortgages can’t be explained by differences in default risk alone.

FHA has introduced a new self-service portal, dubbed the SMART Integrated Portal, to make it easier for borrowers to get payoff information on their loans.

Mortgage industry stakeholders want FHA to re-examine proposed updates to the servicing defects taxonomy. They want the taxonomy to include concrete examples of the types of errors that rise to the level of defect.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development will provide $51.4 million in grants to support FHA’s housing counseling program.

Julia Gordon, President Biden’s nominee for FHA commissioner, received a tie vote this week in the Senate Banking Committee. She was renominated for the position earlier this month.

Steven Abrahams of Amherst Pierpont Securities believes FHA might use surplus MMI funds to subsidize first-time homebuyers and other traditionally underserved communities.

The HUD Office of the Inspector General has recommended new procedures to address deficiencies in how FHA handles unpaid refunds that are due to borrowers.

Federal oversight is still needed to monitor the systemic risks to the housing-finance system, according to two separate reports from the Government Accountability Office and the Congressional Budget Office.