...insurance loss settlement process and introducing the Disaster Payment Deferral. All of these made meaningful impacts to streamline processes while continuing to effectively manage risk. More recently, the COVID-19 response...

...part of California) Major home ownership costs (mortgage payments, property taxes and insurance) on median-priced single-family homes consumed more than one-third of average local wages in 33 of the 50...

...Index (RALI) (Tuesday) MBA Weekly Applications Survey (Wednesday) Realtor.com Weekly Housing Market Recap (Wednesday) Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey (Thursday) U.S. Department of Labor's Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report...

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has announced new loan limits for calendar year 2023 for its Single Family Title II forward and Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) insurance programs. Loan...

...Fannie Mae and 47% Freddie Mac. The IRS procedure provides guidance on Section 817(h) of the Internal Revenue Code diversification requirements for variable annuity, endowment, and life insurance contracts. The...

...of homeowners experiencing financial hardship after January 21, 2020. Funds from the HAF were earmarked to be used for assistance with mortgage payments, homeowner’s insurance, utility payments, and other specified...

...among other things, people’s eligibility for loans and interest rates, for insurance, and for rental housing and employment. “One wrong piece of information on a person’s credit report can have...

Fannie Mae has announced today that it has executed its 11th and final Credit Insurance Risk Transfer (CIRT) transaction of 2022–CIRT 2022-11. As part of Fannie Mae's ongoing effort to...

...to manage such risks have come to fruition. Home value spikes have affected overhead and management costs in the form of insurance fees for our vendor networked providers. A recent...

...(SFHAs) have flood insurance. Previously, only flood insurance obtained through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) was permissible for FHA-insured mortgages, which limited choices for consumers. MBA's President and CEO...