Despite best efforts of lenders to create awareness of the VA home loan program, many veteran borrowers still fall through the cracks, according to Freedom Mortgage COO Mike Patterson.

A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking planned layoffs at federal agencies, including the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.

Homebuilder D.R. Horton and its lending subsidiary DHI Mortgage are accused of using deceptive loan pricing and marketing practices.

Fannie Mae will update its Desktop Underwriter service for FHA and VA to include changes made in updated appraisal forms.

FHA refinance applications increase; Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-NY, seeks HUD help following Bronx apartment explosion.

FHA is continuing to endorse most single-family home loans during the government shutdown, but with some constraints.

About a week before FHA’s updated loss-mitigation waterfall went into effect, the agency issued several changes. However, servicers have additional time to incorporate the new updates.

Ongoing maintenance of FHA’s Loan Review System will likely be prolonged by the government shutdown. The system remains offline in the meantime.

High churn rates in the VA program lead to higher interest rates for FHA borrowers because loans from the two programs are pooled together in Ginnie Mae MBS. But there’s not a clear path to separate them.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development wants to know whether any statutory changes could improve the programs. Meanwhile, there is no update on the HMBS 2.0 product proposed last year.