Issuance of Ginnie MBS declined by 8.6% on a monthly basis in October. FHA and VA volume declined at similar rates while purchase-mortgage activity held up better than refinances. (Includes two data tables.)
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The Department of Housing and Urban Development plans to make permanent a pandemic-era waiver that allowed housing counselling agencies to use alternative communication methods.
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A new proposal from FHA would expand the list of funding sources borrowers could use to meet their monetary investment requirements under the HECM for purchase program.
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FHA wants to streamline policies allowing mortgage servicers to implement alternatives to foreclosure and update its incentive payments for the successful completion of a loss-mitigation option.
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Large bank correspondent aggregators of FHA mortgages looked to firm guidelines on credit scores and LTV ratios while Fed researchers found that smaller nonbank lenders were willing to go down in credit and loan performance didn’t suffer.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to expand the options borrowers would have in using Rural Housing Service home loan programs for the purchase or renovation of manufactured housing.
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White House backs conversion of commercial properties to residential housing; Community Home Lenders of America supports FHA move streamlining procedures following a loan case cancellation; HUD announces notice of sale of reverse mortgage notes; FHA extends disaster-related foreclosure moratorium in Maui; FHA manufactured housing appraisal requirements.
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