FHFA

FHFA recently hosted the Fall 2023 Econ Summit, an exchange of ideas on climate change and insurance; land use and risk modeling; and the impact of disaster risk on home prices.

The GSE has announced updates to disclosures for the company's Single-Family MBS to further enhance its mission to support access to credit and affordable housing nationwide.

The annual National Property Preservation Conference once again brought together a cross-section of field services vendors, mortgage servicing professionals, and representatives of government agencies and the GSEs to “discuss pressing issues and develop solutions.”

According to the Federal Housing Finance Agency, a new report revealed that appraisers underutilize time adjustments for local house price growth, but what does this mean for the industry?

An analysis of data by the FHFA of Uniform Appraisal Dataset Aggregate Statistics for the third quarter has found a year-over-year decline in the total number of U.S. home appraisals.

Seven industry trade groups have reached out to members of Congress to support the full funding of both the FHA and Ginnie Mae for Fiscal Year 2024 to enable the ongoing commitment to affordable homeownership initiatives.

According to the FHFA’s Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report for the third quarter, the GSEs’ serious delinquency rate declined at the end of the quarter, with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac completing more than 43,000 foreclosure prevention actions during Q3.

According to the MBA, the share of mortgage loans in forbearance decreased to 0.26% nationwide in November, with roughly 70% of loan workouts initiated since 2020 classified as current.

Taking a deep dive into Supplemental Partial Claims, Joseph Smith of Stretto explains the benefits and drawbacks they present in today’s mortgage landscape, and other considerations.

In a letter, nearly 80 consumer, energy, housing, health, manufacturing, and environmental organizations called on the Federal Housing Finance Agency to help lower costs and make housing safer and healthier, in addition to suggesting requirements that all new homes with mortgages backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac meet updated energy codes.