HUD Seeks to Ease Chassis Requirement on Manufactured Homes

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

The Department of Housing and Urban Development included a proposed rule in its spring regulatory agenda to restrict the steel chassis requirements for manufactured housing to the bottom floor...

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2025 Shaping Up to be Strong Year for VA Lending

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

The Department of Veterans Affairs recently backed its 29 millionth mortgage, with VA lending up following a post-pandemic slump.

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FHA Definition Creates First Legal Deadline Problems

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

A change to language guiding the application of partial payments to a delinquent FHA mortgage creates a conflict with the first legal deadline for servicers to begin foreclosure proceedings,...

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Toorak Sues Private Money Lenders, Alleging RTL Fraud

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

The lawsuit alleges that PML engaged in a fraud scheme over four years that allowed it to sell loans multiple times.

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Ginnie August MBS Issuance Slips Even as Refis Increase

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

Issuance of Ginnie Mae single-family mortgage-backed securities declined slightly in August. FHA deliveries were off by 1.9% due to a downturn in purchase mortgages.

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Jumbo Servicing Continues Steady Growth in 2Q

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

A group of 30 major servicers increased their combined servicing of jumbo mortgages slightly from the end of March to the end of June. (Includes data table.)

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Non-QM Loan Performance Improves in July

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

The impairment rate on securitized non-qualified mortgages dropped on a monthly basis in July. However, the rate was still up from a year ago.

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Tech Pulse: Trendsetters nominations open, AI sales agent eases mortgage process

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

Nominations are open for HousingWire’s 2025 Tech Trendsetters Award, and we’re catching up with inaugural winners from 2019.

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HUD Innovative Housing Showcase begins Saturday

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

Exhibits include entire model homes — ranging from manufactured and modular to 3D-printed — developed by companies from across the U.S.

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Pres. Trump signs mortgage trigger leads ban into law

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

The Homeowners Privacy Protection Act will go into effect next March 5, after a years’ long effort by the mortgage industry to bar the marketing tactic.

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