Under FHA’s proposal, participating servicers would receive $1,000 in compensation, but the Urban Institute said that personnel costs would often be higher than that.
Borrowers could use interest-free partial claim funds to repay shortfalls on an FHA mortgage to bring it current and then receive a reduced monthly payment for three to five years.
The GSEs say the spike in repurchase requests simply reflects the historic volume in 2020 and 2021. Lenders argue there should be something short of a repurchase request for performing loans with minor defects.
The Community Home Lenders of America asked leaders of the congressional appropriations committees to fully fund FHA’s and Ginnie Mae’s fiscal 2024 budget requests for salaries and administrative expenses.