Tag: FHA
Rate Lock Volume Jumps 43 Percent
Rate Sensitive Borrowers Are Causing Rate Lock Volume To Jump 43%. Are Borrowers About To Go Into Panic Mode? Rate lock volume jumped 43% in March. Some experts say this is due to market conditions. Lock volumes increased across the board. This was led by purchase locks jumping 44% in March. This was above the…
FHA Mortgage Insurance Premiums To Be Cut By 30bps
FHA To Cut FHA Mortgage Insurance Premiums By 30bps On March 20th. White House Says Homeowners Will Save An Average Of $800 Annually The Biden Administration announced that FHA Mortgage Insurance premiums be decreased by 30 basis points. FHA charges premiums on the loans they underwrite. FHA charges the fee on top of the monthly…
Novad Management In Gambit To Keep HECM Contract With HUD
Novad Management Consulting Files Protest In Desperate Gambit To Keep HECM Contract With HUD Novad Management Consulting has held HUD’s HECM Assets contract since 2014. Unfortunately for them, Celink was awarded the contract to provide servicing for HECM loans earlier this year. However, Novad has filed a protest against the award of Compu-Link Corporation (Celink)…
New FHA Guidelines To Ignore COVID-Era Employment Lapses
Lenders Have Until September 5th To Comply With New FHA Guidelines Ignoring COVID-Era Employment Lapses New FHA guidelines loosen the requirements to qualify for a loan if they lost work during the pandemic. Beginning September 5th, lenders are to ignore job gaps during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) announced new flexibility for…