At the direction of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are reformulating their Social Index to make it more attractive to investors while still protecting the privacy of borrowers.
Barbara Cooper-Jones, the outgoing senior vice president of Ginnie’s Office of Enterprise Data & Technology Solutions, is widely credited with helping to modernize the agency’s technology platform.
HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge last week indicated she’d be willing to revisit the FHA mortgage insurance policy that requires borrowers to pay premiums for the life of the loan.
Ginnie Mae is evaluating a new security backed by FHA home equity conversion loans that have reached balances above 98% of their maximum claim amounts.
The Mortgage Bankers Association has expressed support for FHA’s effort to update its housing rehabilitation loan program as one way to address housing supply challenges.
Ten Democratic lawmakers, led by Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Chair Sherrod Brown, want HUD and the CFPB to investigate Navy Federal Credit Union over fair lending concerns.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development watchdog in its fiscal 2024 priority recommendation report had 819 open recommendations for the agency.
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