Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

We service their loans. Larry Goldstone is tired of being ghosted. He is used to it by now, but the problem has only gotten worse since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Goldstone has tried contact via phone calls and emails consistently. If necessary, he even knocks on doors — without success. We know who the borrowers are.

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Broke Agent Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Vice President Harris and Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Fudge announced today that HUD, through the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), will reduce its annual mortgage insurance premium by 0.30%, from 0.85% to 0.55%, for an estimated 850,000 borrowers in 2023. What does a reduction in MIP mean for home buyers?

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HomeLight

AUGUST 16, 2021

First-time homebuyer loans can help make it easier on first-time homebuyers , offering access to special mortgage programs with low down payments. Note that for government-backed first-time home-buyer loans such as FHA or USDA, it’s not just the buyer that must qualify, but the home, too — so check the requirements for your specific mortgage.

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Housing Wire

MAY 31, 2023

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) submitted for public comment on Wednesday its proposal to create a new partial claim option, a result of its acknowledgment that its current loss mitigation toolkit isn’t enough to support struggling borrowers as rates surge. A partial claim is an interest-free loan from the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2022

Lakeview Loan Servicing , one of the nation’s largest issuers of Ginnie Mae securities, is making a play in the private-label securities market by sponsoring an offering backed by a pool of 2,192 Federal Housing Administration -guaranteed mortgages valued at $423.6 A fourth such transaction, a $370.7

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) announced on Thursday the launch of a new portal for the Department of Housing and Urban Development ’s Single Family Mortgage Asset Recovery Technology (SMART) system. I feel really good about where we are with FHA Catalyst,” she told HousingWire. “I million from the year prior.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The 10 offerings together involve Fannie Mae , Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae loan pools valued collectively at $12.77 Prestwick is marketing four separate deals, two in partnership with MCT, valued in total at $2 billion — which together also feature MSRs for single-family residential loan pools from all three agencies.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Remedies — punishment for mistakes, in other words — could be as mild as producing additional documentation or as severe as life-of-loan indemnification. Other forms of financial remediation could include borrower refunds, principal reduction, account adjustment or remittances paid to FHA.

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RIS Media

MAY 24, 2021

If you choose a conventional or FHA loan, a down payment is required. The amount of the down payment that’s needed is based on the home’s price and property type, as well as the loan product. For a conventional loan, exactly how much depends on the lender and loan type—you might put down 3%, 10%, 20% or more.

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HomeLight

JULY 7, 2022

Department of Housing and Urban Development), is it worth it to buy a home ? Instead of thinking of the price tag of a home as affordable, look at whether you can afford to borrow the money it will cost and can repay the loan in monthly payments. And what can you actually afford right now ? What actually goes into your mortgage?

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HomeLight

MAY 27, 2021

But when it comes to one of the key aspects of buying that home — how to get a mortgage loan — you may draw a blank. We include advice from an agent who has worked with hundreds of new buyers, descriptions of different loans, and information about the many kinds of paperwork you’ll deal with. Source: (Matthew Henry / Burst).

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HomeLight

JUNE 30, 2021

A zero-down-payment mortgage is a home loan that you can get without putting any money down — but only for specific loan types, and not every buyer and home will qualify. There are loan programs that allow you to put down much less than that — as little as 3% or even no down payment! Source: (Thought Catalog / Unsplash).

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HomeLight

AUGUST 27, 2020

These federal loans often have less restrictive qualification requirements and often are more affordable than other mortgage options. The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) supports a home loan program that helps buyers who aren’t qualified for a conventional home loan. USDA loans.

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Realtor.com

JUNE 18, 2021

MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON—The Federal Housing Administration is relaxing the way it assesses student-loan debt when weighing eligibility for homebuying assistance as the Biden administration pushes to help lower-income borrowers and narrow a racial gap in homeownership. Williams said.

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HomeLight

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

New Jersey is one of the smallest states in the country, and it’s also the most densely populated, with 1,211 people per square mile as of 2018. Flanked by New York to the north, Philadelphia to the west and the sand and salt of the Atlantic Ocean (and the Jersey shore) to the east, New Jersey is a great place to live. What determines home prices?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

Louis that compares the median home price in Nevada at the time Biden took office ($342,995) to the figure as of January 2024 ($460,000), and illustrated increases in monthly payment obligations for Federal Housing Administration (FHA) borrowers. Utilizing a 3.5% at the market interest rate of 2.82%,” Gov.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

A similar announcement was made by former HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo a week before the 2000 presidential election when FHA lowered the up-front premium and reduced the “life of loan” premium once a borrower reached 22% equity in the home. But in the current environment there is reason to be cautious. percentage points.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2022

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is planning a new rulemaking that Tribal entities say could threaten national down payment assistance programs. A HUD spokesperson denied the department has any intention of eliminating the use of these programs with FHA-insured mortgages. ” The murky past of DPA programs. .

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2021

Department of Housing and Urban Development declared Wednesday that the Federal Housing Administration will once again back mortgages for immigrants under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. are eligible to apply for mortgages backed by the FHA. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Few things terrify lenders more than the arrival of a manila envelope from the Department of Housing and Urban Development ( HUD ) containing a redlining allegation. For a borrower with tarnished credit and thus unable to get conventional financing, an FHA-insured mortgage is the go-to choice.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2022

During her visits, one thing stood out to Golding, who served as the Department of Housing and Urban Development ’s principal deputy assistant secretary from 2015 to 2017. She’ll now return to Golding’s former office — but this time as Federal Housing Commissioner, the face of the FHA. 2020 to Jan.

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