The Federal Housing Finance Agency has issued a request for information seeking industry comment on the GSEs’ plans to support underserved communities under their duty-to-serve obligations.

Congress reauthorizes National Flood Insurance Program; Navy Federal Credit Union completes external review; and more.

Ginnie Mae last week announced revisions to its issuer eligibility requirements to participate in its manufactured housing MBS program.

Ginnie Mae is also revising the financial eligibility requirements for FHA Title I issuers to help increase lender participation in securitization of the loans.

Ginnie Mae's revisions come one day after the FHA raised the maximum loan limit for Title 1 loans on manufactured housing.

FHA is increasing the maximum loan limits for Title I manufactured housing to 15% above the average home price based on Census data for each given type of loan.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to expand the options borrowers would have in using Rural Housing Service home loan programs for the purchase or renovation of manufactured housing.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development can and should do more to help increase the availability of personal property and mortgage loans for manufactured housing, a recent report from the Government Accountability Office said.

The USDA’s Rural Housing Service is proposing to allow more borrowers to purchase existing manufactured homes.

FHA raises large multifamily loan limits; VA moves regional loan center email systems; USDA issues standardized multifamily appraisal assignment guidance; HUD opens independent Office of Manufactured Housing Programs; USDA sets new interest rates for single-family direct home loan programs; and more.