FHA has removed the requirement that lenders obtain appraisal field reviews on at least 10% of loans selected for origination and underwriting reviews.

The Community Home Lenders of America renewed its call for regulators to establish a standby liquidity facility to support Ginnie Mae servicers during periods of stress.

FHA released more information to support the transition to the Uniform Appraisal Dataset 3.6, although a timeline for adoption remains pending.

VA’s Loan Guaranty Service believes lack of information is the biggest barrier for veterans and active-duty servicemembers seeking homeownership.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s servicer missed the mark on most of the FHA partial claims sampled by HUD’s Office of Inspector General.

HUD plans to consolidate Kansas offices; USDA seeks to expand multifamily direct lending; MISMO releases data mapping for VA forms.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced plans to modernize the systems that support its many lending programs, combining them into one platform.

The upper ranks of FHA management have been thinned out by resignations over the last year, and the Senate’s on crunch time until midterms, meaning there’s a chance Ginnie Mae president Joe Gormley could be helming both agencies for a while.

Provisions designed to increase borrower awareness of the availability of home loans backed by the Department of Veterans Affairs remain in an expansive housing bill that Congress could pass as soon as next week. The MBA has expressed operational concerns.

Cure activity on FHA loans improved in March and April, though foreclosure starts rose for the third consecutive month in April.