The broker share of the government-insured market declined to 20.4% in the third quarter, down from 21.2% in the second quarter. (Includes data table.)

FHA lacks sufficient safeguards to monitor its lenders and servicers and to prevent ineligible loans and claims in its mortgage insurance program, according to the HUD’s Office of Inspector General.

The Department of Veterans Affairs also extended its COVID-19 refund modification program through May 31.

An appeals court’s decision in Show Me State Premium Homes v. McDonnell has introduced uncertainty regarding the insurability of title following a nonjudicial foreclosure tied to an FHA-insured property.

The goal, FHA said in a new report, is to improve the quality and efficiency of its data and allow its program offices to better collaborate.

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

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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.

With a healthy reading on FHA’s Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund, lender trade groups want further changes to FHA’s mortgage insurance premium policy. (Includes data table.)

FHA Commissioner Julia Gordon said 2024 is all about execution.