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Assessing the legacy of former FHFA Director Mark Calabria: Did he do more harm than good? All depends on your line of business.

Former Ginnie president Ted Tozer said now that Biden has made his pick, he hopes the process moves forward in a timely manner.

Jonice Gray Tucker: “I anticipate significant and perhaps escalated activity in this area for a whole host of reasons."

In a bid to bring 100,000 new affordable homes to market for purchase or rent in the next three years, HUD will limit the sale of certain FHA-insured and HUD-owned properties to institutional investors.

As part of FHA’s ongoing outreach to industry, Julienne Joseph, deputy assistant secretary for single-family housing, released a video answering servicers’ questions on COVID-19-related loss-mitigation options.

The Environmental Protection Agency recommended the VA Home Loan Program promote clean energy, sustainable water systems and other green building techniques in new builds and rehabilitations.

Servicers can temporarily offer repayment plans to HECM borrowers regardless of their total outstanding arrearage. Also, servicers no longer have to wait for three years before seeking an assignment of a HECM they have cured with their own funds.

The gender gap in homeownership has shrunk drastically since 1990, but the pandemic threatens to erase this progress, particularly among the most vulnerable and families with children, Urban Institute researchers said.

The number of home mortgages in active forbearance falls; the Federal Insurance Office seeks information on climate-related financial risks for the insurance sector; FHA is hiring.