Among other things, the proposed revisions will better align RHS’s single-family direct and guaranteed loan and grant programs.

Wellahead clients are referred by professionals including long-term care providers, financial advisors and estate attorneys.

HECM servicing policy updates finalized; FHA ups 2024 loan limits; Ginnie Mae announces optional early closing date for multiclass transactions; FHA seeks comment on payment supplement final disclosure statement model document; new collaboration to offer homes for sale under FHA’s Claims Without Conveyance of Title second chance program.

The SEC has finalized a rule prohibiting certain conflicts of interest in the securitization market. Industry participants are largely happy with changes in the final version of the rule.

More punitive capital treatment of commercial real estate under Basel III could prove to be a boon for CMBS issuance.

The red-hot vehicle ABS market saw intense competition between S&P and Fitch for ratings supremacy. Kroll rode the resurgent ECM MBS market to boost its share of rated issuance. (Includes two data tables.)

After S&P made changes to its insurer risk-based capital adequacy criteria, Arch Capital canceled eight of its mortgage insurance-linked note transactions, citing newly unfavorable capital treatment.

Bank of America Global Research is projecting an increase in agency MBS issuance next year despite muted demand from banks.

REIT values can rise and fall depending on interest-rate swings. The good news is that rates have steadily dropped the past five weeks. The bad news: A rate cut by the Fed will need a recession to occur first.

The criteria include new calculations for property values and qualitative adjustments tied to loan-to-value ratio-sizing benchmarks.