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FHA adds 40-year loan term to COVID-19 arsenal

Housing Wire

The Federal Housing Administration told mortgage servicers that they can now offer a 40-year loan term as a COVID-19 recovery option. The administration added that some loans funded through mortgage revenue bonds may not qualify for the new loss mitigation option. Comments from the mortgage industry are due by May 31.

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FHA publishes final rule on the 40-year loan modification

Housing Wire

The Federal Housing Administration ( FHA ) announced this week that a final rule related to an increased 40-year loan modification term has been published in the Federal Register. The rule allows mortgagees to increase the maximum term of an FHA-insured mortgage loan modification from 360 to 480 months following a default.

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Industry supports FHA’s 40-year loan term option — with caveats

Housing Wire

The deadline for the mortgage industry to chime in on the Federal Housing Administration ‘s (FHA) proposed 40-year loan modification rule was at the end of May. It remains unclear when the FHA plans to add the 40-year loan modification option to its servicing and loss mitigation handbook.

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Financial services firm Consolidated Analytics acquires Real Info

Housing Wire

Launched in New York in 1995, Real Info developed a suite of proprietary automated valuation models (AVM) that derive predicted market values for residential properties, according to its website.

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Five Types of Forclosure and Tips for Purchasing Each Type

Realty Biz

A property goes into pre-foreclosure when a mortgage company notifies the borrower that they are in default on their loan. This type of sale occurs after the lender made initial notification of loan default and gave a grace period to the borrower to make arrangements to pay the loan and arrangements were not made.

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Housing coalition publishes recommendations for GSEs’ ‘Duty to Serve’ plans

Housing Wire

The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA) “codified housing goals and added a Duty to Serve, which gives FHFA the tools to ensure that Fannie and Freddie stay focused on affordable housing and serving the housing needs of low- and moderate-income families instead of using a federal backstop to just cherry-pick the most lucrative loans.”

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What Is a HUD Home? Are the Savings Worth the Risks?

HomeLight

Department of Housing and Urban Development , a government agency first created by President Lyndon B. HUD’s Office of Housing also includes the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), an agency that insures mortgage loans issued by FHA-approved lenders to protect against losses if a borrower defaults on a loan. Johnson in 1965.