Key metrics reviewed in HUD’s single-family default monitoring system showed that residential servicers generally complied with HUD’s forbearance reporting requirements for FHA loans.

In comment letters already submitted, mortgage servicers and credit unions warned that proposed capital requirements could force some entities out of the Ginnie market and drive up the costs of loans.

Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee want the next FHA commissioner to revisit an Obama-era policy that keeps distressed properties out of the reach of individual home buyers.

Two waivers address concerns that requiring re-reviews of which borrowers were eligible for foreclosure prevention options could take focus away from loss-mitigation efforts.

A House appropriations minibus bill passed last month includes funding to help boost IT and cybersecurity modernization priorities at HUD.

House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters is asking HUD, VA and USDA to address a month-long gap in protections that are meant to help keep borrowers from foreclosure during the pandemic.

The industry has mixed views on the new capital proposals from Ginnie Mae. But one thing is clear: The standards only apply to nonbanks.

Investors in Ginnie MBS will soon receive new pool-level data as part of disclosures regarding environmental, social and governance factors. (Includes data chart.)

Servicers of government-insured lending programs face new requirements from HUD to offer updated payment forbearance options to homeowners who faced financial difficulties during the pandemic.

FHA should offer borrowers a flexible loan-modification option that would use a portion of a servicer’s partial claim amount to reduce a borrower’s monthly payment, dollar for dollar, according to analysts at UI.