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Volume 5 - Number 4

February 17, 2012

Premium Hikes Planned to Stabilize MMIF

The Department of Housing and Urban Development plans to use revenues from proposed FHA premium hikes and servicer settlements to stabilize the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund and bring capital reserves back to compliance. The proposals for annual premium increases on forward FHA-insured mortgage loans, multifamily and health care loans were laid out in the FY 2013 HUD budget, which the Obama administration sent to Congress this week. During a press briefing, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan said raising FHA premiums further would improve the FHA insurance fund’s capital reserves, which fell ...

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