The administrative actions last year resulted in civil monetary penalties of more than $26 million.

The Mortgage Bankers Association and Community Home Lenders of America want policy updates from the VA and FHA to respond to market changes that are anticipated following a proposed National Association of Realtors settlement tied to broker commissions.

CHLA endorses House Resolution 612 to protect veterans benefits; VA finalizes rule updating loss-mitigation terminology; VA adopts a no cash, no check policy; Ginnie adds low- to moderate-income data disclosures related to its home equity conversion mortgage MBS program; HUD to hold vacant home sale related to its HECM program.

Lenders using automation to enhance underwriting should ensure their models measure fairness to applicants and not just data accuracy.

Both the correspondent and broker channels increased their share of FHA and VA lending in 2023. (Includes data table.)

For the full year, $14.78 billion in home equity conversion mortgages were originated in 2023, down 50.2% from 2022. (Includes three data tables.)

FHA Commissioner Julia Gordon and Ginnie Mae Senior Vice President of Capital Markets John Getchis spoke during a recent Ginnie Latin America Roundtable in Washington, DC.

The class action seeks to incorporate all FHA borrowers who are owed an unclaimed refund on mortgage insurance premiums due to early termination of their loans.

The Mortgage Bankers Association this month asked FHA to consider using its single-family drafting table to seek comments from the industry before it finalizes guidance on its new payment supplement loss mitigation program.

The new rules come a month after FHA released a final rule eliminating the requirement that mortgage lenders register all branch offices where they conduct FHA business.