Some industry players fear changes to how buyer agent commissions are paid will lead many Black homebuyers to forego representation.

HUD has a new Homeownership Initiative Grant, which pays participating grantees using a negotiated fixed rate for pre-purchase counseling to households that both go on to achieve homeownership and return for post-purchase counseling.

Housing counselors can play a critical role in addressing racial gaps in homeownership, according to speakers at a HUD conference.

Housing counseling agencies should partner with lenders, nonprofits and government housing agencies to develop fee-for-service models to tap additional funding, according to industry experts.

Foreign demand is an area of focus for Ginnie as the Federal Reserve has scaled back its purchases of agency MBS.

Zillow will advertise on its platform a HUD campaign that seeks to create awareness of the availability of housing counseling services.

FHA Commissioner Julia Gordon spoke Tuesday at an online housing counseling conference hosted by the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Housing Counseling.

HUD's Office of Housing Counseling is partnering with Zillow to display HUD’s “Let’s Make Home the Goal” on Zillow's digital platforms.

The five most active issuers were all nonbanks, led by Freedom Mortgage.

Refinance activity drove much of the increase in Ginnie MBS issuance between July and August. Freedom Mortgage remained the top Ginnie issuer, but its production was down 1.9% from July. (Includes two data tables.)