The upfront MIP is 175 bps of the base loan amount on a 30-year fixed-rate FHA single-family loan. Most FHA borrowers pay an annual MIP of 85 bps for the full life of the loan.

Servicers also repurchased $20.22 billion of delinquent loans from Ginnie MBS in the first quarter, or 9.3% of total removals.

HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge: "The lift is heavy. Black homeownership is less than it was when the Fair Housing Act was passed in 1968 and the percentage of minorities who own homes is a disgrace to the nation.”

A thaw is in the air when it comes to auctioning off Ginnie Mae servicing rights...

Sales of purchase loans with private MI coverage fell 21.7%, while Ginnie recorded somewhat more modest declines in FHA (16.0%) and VA (18.0%) volume.

The combined overall delinquency rate for Fannie and Freddie dropped to 2.57% at the end of March...

The game is on: Ginnie Mae buyouts for loss mitigation/foreclosure purposes spiked in 1Q21 to $9.7 billion...

Amazingly, there were no bulk transfers of Ginnie MSRs. None.

Bray noted that Ginnie’s memorandum, which established a new pool type for re-performing loans, “puts significant restrictions" on issuers, increasing both the risk and the cost...

When it comes to forbearance, Black Knight noted widespread improvement “with all investor classes seeing significant declines" in active cases...