Currently, only state-certified appraisers can complete appraisals for FHA mortgages. One of the bills will align FHA appraiser licensing-requirements with requirements set by the government-sponsored enterprises.

The $975.07 million deal will be the second largest post-crisis expanded-credit MBS, topped only by a $1.22 billion deal from WAM last year

The next step might be to create a limited liability regulated entity (LLRE) which would succeed the GSE. After that, the LLRE (once capital is raised) becomes a new company and the charter is sold to new owners. From what we understand, the FHFA has the legal power to sell the charter...

The trade groups are calling on the Department of Housing and Urban Development to either remove FHA certifications or replace them with a straightforward lender acknowledgement of key requirements based on loan eligibility…