The Homebuyers Assistance Act of 2021 amends the National Housing Act to allow state-licensed professionals to conduct appraisals for FHA-insured properties.

Gate House Strategies, which features former FHA Commissioner Brian Montgomery as one of its founding members, will focus on FHA/Ginnie Mae/HUD and Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac policy issues. The Collingwood Group V2?

The Housing Financial Literacy Act and the Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act are both aimed at making homeownership more affordable for borrowers.

The return of the Obama-era rule would acknowledge that there is no room for discrimination in housing.

Most industry watchers expect the FHA to lower insurance premiums some-time during Biden’s presidency. It’s just a matter of when.

Reverse mortgage production declined 8.1% in the fourth quarter. However, endorsements spiked 54.5% year over year. (Includes two data charts.)

Brian Montgomery, former HUD deputy secretary, urged the Biden administration to focus on issues such as forbearance. A pandemic is not the time for “heavy-handed enforcement,” he said.

Two bills introduced in the House this week have the potential of increasing a homebuyer’s access to an FHA-insured mortgage.

During her confirmation hearing, the Ohio congresswomen faced strong criticism for her lack of experience in housing policy and past comments about Republicans.

One of the objectives of the REO program is to strengthen neighborhoods and communities through alternative sales programs. However, the FHA “lacks metrics and targets” to successfully do so, the Government Accountability Office said in a recent report.