With approximately $73.3 billion earmarked for HUD in 2024, the Department would make an investment in building affordable housing, expand access to homeownership, and address housing discrimination.
Read More »Biden’s 2024 Budget Addresses Affordable Housing
President Biden’s proposed fiscal year 2024 budget would significantly invest in building affordable housing, expand access to homeownership, combat housing discrimination, and enhance household mobility.
Read More »HUD Issues Final Rule to Offer 40-Year FHA Loan Mods
The Department believes that its new rule will serve as a critical home retention tool for borrowers in a volatile interest rate market.
Read More »Supreme Court to Hear Case Challenging CFPB’s Funding Structure
SCOTUS will hear arguments in a case challenging the constitutionality of the Bureau's funding structure. Click through to learn what this could mean for the CFPB and the industry.
Read More »FHA Announces 30-Point Reduction in Mortgage Insurance Premiums
Reduction in MIP will result in an estimated savings of $678 million for American families by the end of 2023, and benefit an estimated 850,000 borrowers over the coming year, saving them an average of $800 annually.
Read More »FHA Seeking Input on Financing for Rehab Homes
New Request for Information seeks industry input on ways to enhance FHA’s 203(k) Rehabilitation Mortgage Insurance Program to support the nation’s housing supply and affordability.
Read More »Ginnie Mae Announces LMI Income Disclosure, Enhances ESG Metrics
Stepping up its Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) efforts, Ginnie Mae is providing greater transparency into its pools for investors through new LMI disclosure.
Read More »HUD Assisted Nearly Two Million U.S. Homeowners During the Pandemic
HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge has announced that more than 1.8 million FHA borrowers received a forbearance due to a hardship created or exacerbated by COVID-19.
Read More »FHA & CFPB Urged to Create Additional Reverse Mortgage Protections
The Federal Housing Agency and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have been called on to fix servicing problems and create additional protection for the 480,000 outstanding reverse mortgages in the country.
Read More »FHA to Expand and Extend COVID-19 Mitigation Programs
Mortgage servicers can begin offering post-pandemic loss mitigation immediately, regardless of the cause of a borrower's delinquency.
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