The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Housing Service is considering extending two manufactured-housing pilot programs implemented in a number of states under the USDA Section 502 single-family housing guaranteed loan program. The planned expansion would provide a more balanced regional representation that would help RHS measure the pilots’ impact. Launched in August 2016, the first pilot involves financing of existing manufactured homes. The second pilot involves ownership requirements for new energy-efficient manufactured and modular houses in land-lease communities operating on a nonprofit basis. State requests to join one or both pilots are submitted to the USDA state director of rural development. The deputy administrator of single-family housing decides on the request. Decisions would be based on the date the request was received and whether the ...
HUD Nails Florida Company with Discrimination Charge. The Department of Housing and Urban Development charged a Florida company and its owners with housing discrimination for intentionally targeting Hispanic homeowners in a predatory mortgage modification scheme that increased, rather than decreased, their risk of foreclosure. HUD filed charges of discrimination under the Fair Housing Act against Advocate Law Groups of Florida and owners Jon B. Lindeman, Jr., and Ephigenia Lindeman. The defendants allegedly ran a deceptive advertising campaign for loan modification that aired on Spanish-language radio and television throughout Florida. Homeowners were offered $500 gift cards as an enticement to sign for a loan modification. Ginnie Mae MBS Outstanding Increases. Ginnie Mae mortgage-backed securities issuance totaled $38.9 billion in August, raising its ...
Improved loan-sale execution in the non-agency market has taken a bite out of the conforming-jumbo business at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a new Inside Mortgage Finance analysis reveals. [Includes three data charts.]
Freddie Mac’s pilot program to extend lines of credit collateralized by mortgage servicing rights kicked into its second phase this month with the mortgage giant finding itself playing defense as the cries of “charter creep” continued to grow louder.
Private equity firms hoping to cash out their ownership stakes in nonbank lenders via an initial public offering of stock will have to wait a little longer, thanks to a tough origination market and institutional investor interest that lies elsewhere.
Originations at the largest U.S. mortgage lender in the third quarter will look a lot like production in the previous quarter, according to John Shrewsberry, a senior executive vice president and chief financial officer at Wells Fargo.
Although some industry members have voiced concerns over appraisal waivers offered by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the Federal Housing Finance Agency Office of Inspector General said the risk is minimal. Only a small portion of loans are actually eligible for the waiver and the FHFA said it’s closely monitoring the program.
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