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HUD sued over alleged failure to refund mortgage insurance premiums

Housing Wire

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is being sued in federal court over accusations that it failed to refund nearly $385 million in mortgage insurance premiums (MIP) to borrowers over a period of more than two decades. More than 200,000 of these loans were terminated more than 20 years ago. million in unclaimed refunds.

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Opinion: Agencies are key to fixing housing affordability

Housing Wire

This is significant, because as noted in CHLA’s Annual IMB Report , “84% of FHA loans were for first-time homebuyers, and FHA’s share of Black and Hispanic borrowers was twice the percentage of all other mortgage loans.” But now a new threat is emerging on this front.

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FHA does a solid for mortgage credit rejects. Will it move the needle for loan officers?

Housing Wire

When a lender rejects an FHA application, it discourages the next lender from even reviewing the application because of the extra work the underwriters have to do to override that MCR, mortgage pros told HousingWire. All FHA mortgage lenders use a system by the U.S. Demand for FHA loans have risen over the past year to comprise 23.8%

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NAF taps Mosi Gatling for newly created executive role

Housing Wire

Rebecca Anderson, senior vice president of strategic communications and public relations at loanDepot, wrote to HousingWire that the company “enjoys a long history of attracting and developing top-notch talent and “we thank Mosi for her many contributions to loanDepot and wish her the best in the next chapter of her career.”

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Country Club Mortgage to lay off employees, including CEO, and shutter offices

Housing Wire

6, 2024,” Sherry Carson, human resources generalist at Country Club Mortgage, wrote in a letter sent to the Employment Development Department in California in early December. Last year, half of the originated loans were conventional, followed by 35% of FHA loans and 14% of V.A.

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7 Things Sellers Need to Know About FHA Loans When Fielding Offers

HomeLight

You’ve just received the first offer on your home — and it’s backed by an FHA loan. So what do you need to know about FHA loans as a seller? Today, FHA loans represent a fair share of the mortgage market; in 2018, the FHA insured 12.1% FHA loans help make homeownership more accessible.

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Nonbanks deliver a wishlist to the FHA

Housing Wire

The Community Home Lenders Association (CHLA), backed by 41 IMBs, sent a letter urging the FHA to streamline its servicing guidelines, increase permissible lender fees for executing an assumption of an FHA loan, and make changes to FHA’s condo rules.

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