Government

HUD has planned a number of events throughout the month, including the launch of the Housing Counseling Awareness Campaign and House Party 2.0, highlighting the benefits of housing counseling and efforts to close the racial homeownership gap.

In order to assist struggling borrowers amid an erratic mortgage rate environment, the FHA has proposed a plan to assist borrowers through temporary reductions to monthly mortgage payments for up to five years.

Click through to learn more about what the change means in context, and how it relates to the current debt-ceiling discussions.

Implementation of rules changes will increase transparency for Ginnie Mae’s global investors by enhancing data flow with its issuers.

An upcoming Five Star Institute webinar will closely examine how the nation’s small business lenders will be affected by Section 1071, and what can be done to prepare for implementation of the rule.

A new round of HUD funding will strengthen coordination among public housing authorities, public child welfare agencies, and Continuums of Care.

The Five Star Institute is set to present a webinar discussing the landscape of the mortgage industry over the next 12 months, including a possible rise in home equity loans, a decrease in savings, increased credit card usage, and overall consumer weariness, among other topics.

According to Freddie Mac’s latest report, stubborn inflation is a major concern for the housing market and the economy as a whole. Click through to find out what else Freddie Mac found during Q1.

As part of Fannie Mae's ongoing effort to reduce taxpayer risk by increasing the role of private capital in the mortgage market, the execution of the fifth Credit Insurance Risk Transfer transaction of 2023 transferred $424.4 million of mortgage credit risk to private insurers and reinsurers.

A House Financial Services Committee hearing featured industry experts dissecting the FHFA’s recent changes to the loan-level price adjustment fee structure used by the GSEs.