FHA says positive trends in the housing sector have weakened the need for the multi-year warranty.

She brought a certain depth of knowledge to the table for her boss, Ben Carson, a career brain surgeon with little in the way of housing and mortgage experience.

FHA will increase its floor for forward mortgages to $314,827 from $294,515.

Loans with DTI ratios exceeding 50 percent accounted for 29.60 percent of FHA business in Ginnie MBS during the first two months of the fourth quarter…

The panel Mozilo spoke on was billed: “Join two titans of the industry as they discuss the past, present and future of the mortgage industry.”

FHA officials have sounded alarms over the rising concentration of higher-risk loans in new business. An exclusive new Inside FHA/VA Lending analysis shows they have good reason to be concerned. (chart)

Correspondent-production platforms regained a smidgeon of market share in government-insured lending during the third quarter, according to a new Inside FHA/VA Lending analysis. (chart)

The ability to extract more equity at a lower price appears to be driving the growth in FHA cash-out volume, according to an Urban Institute analysis of FHA’s FY 2018 report on the financial condition of the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund.

Mortgage-backed securities analysts are recommending that Ginnie Mae temporarily place VA cash-out refinance loans with high loan-to-value ratios in custom pools until the VA implements new rules to curb churning in cash-out refis.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced new VA loan limits for 2019, a 6.9 percent increase from last year.