Sales of FHA and VA loans into Ginnie MBS, both purchase mortgages and refinances, fell in August. But some issuers gained share in an ebbing market. (Includes two data charts.)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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