FHA gets a budget boost to stem staff shortages. Is it enough?
The FHA provides mortgage financing for borrowers the conventional market leaves out, yet it has been understaffed for over a decade.
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The FHA provides mortgage financing for borrowers the conventional market leaves out, yet it has been understaffed for over a decade.
The serious delinquency rate in the Federal Housing Administration loan portfolio is now less than half its pandemic peak, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development said sustained improvement will factor in to whether it adjusts mortgage insurance premiums.
This regulatory development is both good news and bad news, depending upon where you happen to sit in the mortgage process.
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The new leader, who officially joined the government mortgage-bond insurer on Jan. 3, is the first Senate-confirmed holder of the post in close to five years.