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FHA institutes new payment supplement partial claim

Housing Wire

The new option Partial claims are interest-free loans from HUD that borrowers use to make their payments current, with the remainder of the late payments added to the principal and extended for 30 years. Since March 2020, lenders and servicers have provided borrowers with nearly 1.9 million COVID-19 loss-mitigation actions.

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HUD announces $175M funding opportunity for rental construction, renovation

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This particular funding opportunity is designed to impact communities with demographic and size variations by setting aside $65 million for CoCs that are “located in states with populations of fewer than 2.5 It is designed to address both the immediate impacts of homelessness as well as risk factors that contribute to it, HUD explained.

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The biggest challenge for the reverse industry in 2024? Mortgage rates

Housing Wire

Education and distribution A longtime challenge for the reverse mortgage industry continues to be its marketing and messaging, particularly in ways designed to overcome longstanding reputational hurdles that the business has had to contend with for years. Rates re-emerged as a challenge and continue to be as the year winds down to a close.

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HUD announces new aid for Maui, Native Hawaiians

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One measure is targeted specifically for the island of Maui — which endured a devastating wildfire last year that destroyed the town of Lahaina — while the other is designed to expand rental assistance for Native Hawaiians residing on the islands. HUD awarded $6.9 HUD awarded $6.9

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Freddie Mac launches 9th STACR series offering in 2022

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This agency’s most recent credit risk transfer (CRT) offering, STACR 2022-DNA6, involves a $1.165 billion note backed by a reference loan pool of 112,865 residential mortgages with an outstanding principal balance of $35.6 billion so far in 2022. billion, according to a presale report by Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA).

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HUD seeks public comment on updates to reverse mortgage documents

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The first is for the HECM anti-churning disclosure, which is designed to protect borrowers from unnecessary loan refinancing. The first is for the HECM anti-churning disclosure, which is designed to protect borrowers from unnecessary loan refinancing. Two key documents are at the center of the proposed changes. Why are we on a 1009?

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Mutual of Omaha’s reverse division launches broker protection program

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Mutual of Omaha approved brokers and principal agents will have access to five core protections, including a promise that the lender “will not solicit borrowers established within the broker network.” It will also exclude broker-network borrowers from the company’s outbound marketing campaigns. Broker Protect is viewed as a way to do that. “We

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