With the White House budget delayed until sometime in March, there is renewed speculation that the Department of Housing and Urban Development will not ask for a draw from the Treasury Department to bolster the cash-starved Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund of the FHA. In testimony this week before the House Financial Services Committee FHA Commissioner Carol Galante said underwriting changes and premium hikes have decreased the likelihood that the MMI will request additional cash. But she could not say for certain, noting that if a draw is needed it will not come until the end of fiscal 2013. Mortgage insurance professionals and consulting firms that work on HUD issues have estimated...