Industry groups recommended that FHA consider reverting the upfront mortgage insurance premiums on home equity conversion mortgages to the previous risk-based model.

FHA proposed tweaking its limited 203(k) rehabilitation loan program to reduce financial burdens on contractors.

Younger borrowers are behind much of the growth of VA purchase mortgages, according to an analysis by Veterans United.

Two new bills in the House aim to modernize FHA multifamily loan limits by more than quadrupling the current caps.

Progress on FHA, Ginnie nominee confirmations; USDA preps for delegated authority; FHA Connection MFA compliance extended; FHA expands HECM, HMBS comment period.

Joseph Gormley and Frank Cassidy, the individuals nominated to lead Ginnie Mae and FHA, respectively, maintained support for actions taken by the agencies this year in responses to the committee.

The continuing appropriations law included some edits to the partial claim loss-mitigation program under development for VA mortgages.

The U.S. Mortgage Insurers argued the FHA Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund is vulnerable to a severe economic downturn, and suggested it be held to the same standards as the government-sponsored enterprises.

A lawmaker hinted recently that there’s consideration of moving the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Housing Service under the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s control, but any move appears to be at a conceptual stage.

FHA waived a policy that required lenders to provide notices to borrowers about various protections, a move the agency said would lighten some of the burden on lenders.