In an effort to combat foreclosures for borrowers with Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgages, Congresswoman Maxine Waters introduced the FHA Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2019. Here's what is in the bill.
Read More »New Bill Encourages Homeownership Counseling
Here’s how recent legislation passed by the House could help low-income homebuyers lower their cost of getting an FHA loan.
Read More »Re-examining Lenders’ False Claims Act Liability
An analysis gives an overview of some of the pitfalls of the current False Claims Act the FHA must address to help lenders extend loans to higher risk borrowers—a demographic that is under FHA’s mission to serve.
Read More »Housing Loans and “DREAMers”
Senate lawmakers recently introduced a bill intended to ensure that federally sponsored agencies do not deny mortgage loans to beneficiaries of the DACA program.
Read More »New Program Looks to Ease Customers’ Minds
Guild Mortgage, an independent mortgage lender located in California, announced Homebuyer Protection, a program designed to give customers added protection and peace of mind during the mortgage process. Homebuyer Protection combines three of Guild’s loan programs and services, allowing homebuyers ...
Read More »Mortgage Servicing Professionals Meet With HUD for Policy Discussion
On Thursday, representatives from the National Mortgage Servicing Association’s Joint Federal Agency Task Force met with HUD representatives to discuss the servicing of FHA loans and other matters.
Read More »HUD Secretary Benjamin Carson Responds to DACA Mortgage Questions
During a hearing before the House Committee on Appropriations to present HUD's budget plans, HUD Secretary Ben Carson addressed DACA FHA loan concerns and more.
Read More »FHA Update: Measuring Delinquency and Credit
Each quarter, HUD releases a report on the FHA's single-family mutual mortgage insurance funds programs. Find out what was in this quarter's report.
Read More »Three Indicators Impacting Housing
Recent announcements by the GSEs and the FHA are likely to shape the housing market in 2019. But which indicator will have a more immediate effect on homebuyers and sellers?
Read More »Diving Deeper Into Housing Finance Reform
In the second part of a hearing by the Senate Banking Committee on the housing reform outline by Sen. Mike Crapo, experts gave insights into how the outline could be strengthened.
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