Fewer mortgage lenders were terminated in 2011 through the FHA Credit Watch Termination Initiative than in the preceding three years. According to the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s 2011 Credit Watch termination list, only 20 approved lenders lost their authority to originate and underwrite FHA loans. The number was way down from 2010, when a record 122 mortgagees had their origination approval agreements with HUD and the FHA ended. Poor performance of FHA-insured loans originated by the mortgagee results in a termination. Specifically, an agreement with a lender may be terminated if ... (includes one chart)