Second-quarter Ginnie Mae securitization growth was strongest among purchase-loan originations. But refis picked up steam over 2023. (Includes four data tables.)
FHA said it would consider stakeholder feedback in future policy updates. But industry trade groups are already calling for changes to the cyber incident reporting requirements announced and launched in May.
Servicers have until Oct. 1 to implement the new VA Servicing Purchase loss-mitigation program. Meanwhile, the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs introduced legislation to authorize a VA partial-claim loss-mitigation option.
Ginnie Mae last week proposed a new pool type to allow repooling of home equity conversion mortgages that have reached their buyout limit. Comments on the HMBS 2.0 term sheet are due July 31.
Borrowers’ perceptions of their home valuations are influenced by localized stressors, according to economists in HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research.
Age and mobility account for 73% of the homeownership gap between active-duty servicemembers and the nonmilitary population, according to a recent report from the Urban Institute’s Housing Finance Policy Center.
FHA to host stakeholder meeting on new reconsideration of value requirements; former Ginnie Mae executive joins the Housing Policy Center; and more news in brief.