A new study from USMI has found that in 2022, Texas, Florida, California, Illinois, and Ohio ranked as the top states for mortgage financing with private mortgage insurance.
Read More »FHA Raises Threshold on Standard Underwriting Eligibility for Large Multifamily Loans
Change by the FHA facilitates greater flexibility for lenders when underwriting multifamily transactions up to $120 million, marking the first increase in the threshold since 2014.
Read More »CFPB Fines Firm for Illegally Processing Unauthorized Mortgage Payments
The Bureau has issued a consent order against ACI, who will pay a $25 million penalty for practices that negatively impacted nearly 500,000 homeowners.
Read More »The Ripple Effect of New Data Collection Rules
A recent webinar discussed implementation of Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act, a measure requiring financial institutions to collect and report data on small business loans, and how the industry is prepping for this new rule.
Read More »Home Prices Propped up by Lack of Inventory
“Housing's performance is a testimony to the strength of demographic-related demand in the face of baby boomers aging in place and Gen-Xers locking in historically low rates,” noted Doug Duncan, SVP and Chief Economist for Fannie Mae.
Read More »CFPB: Southern Consumers Facing Higher Interest Rates
The CFPB has issued a pair of reports looking at the state of banking in the Southern United States and found that a lack of local access to banking options can make it harder to get competitive interest rates on mortgages, credit cards, or small business loans.
Read More »HUD Establishes Independent Office of Manufactured Housing
HUD’s new office will administer the Department’s Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards, a code that establishes standards for the design and construction of manufactured homes to assure quality, durability, safety, and affordability.
Read More »Fannie Mae Executes CIRT Transactions on $26.6B of Single-Family Loans
"We appreciate the continued support of the 21 insurers and reinsurers that have committed to write coverage for these deals," said Rob Schaefer, Fannie Mae VP, Capital Markets.
Read More »Servicers’ Forbearance Volume Dips to Three-Year-Low
The MBA reports nationwide forbearance volume has reached levels not seen since March 2020, attributed to a strong jobs market and the array of loss mitigation options introduced since that time.
Read More »May’s New Residential Construction Numbers ‘Above Consensus Expectations’
The numbers are in from the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the news is good—at least on a short-term scale.
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