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The Federal Housing Administration’s capital fund is at a 14-year high, which industry groups say is proof borrowers are paying to much for mortgage insurance. But with elevated delinquencies resulting from the pandemic, officials said they remain cautious about pricing.

GOP opposition and a packed Senate agenda have delayed the vote on Julia Gordon as head of the Federal Housing Administration. But industry representatives say that with FHA delinquency rates still elevated and loan forbearance plans expiring, there's an urgency for Congress to confirm her by year-end.

The federal bank regulators had relaxed certain requirements in April 2020 due to the COVID-19 crisis. But they said in a new joint statement that servicers “have had sufficient time to adjust their operations” since that time.

With its agreement to buy KS StateBank’s residential mortgage operation, Kansas-based Armed Forces is going all in on home lending.

On Jun. 30, 2021. Dollars in thousands.

Rising debt-to-income ratios were behind almost a third of refinance rejections among those 65 and older, according to an analysis from the Urban Institute.

The standards, if finalized, could shed light on how Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are complying with the Federal Housing Finance Agency's new capital framework.

The agency said the risk management program for Cenlar FSB, which performs servicing functions for financial institution clients, was inadequate for the bank's size.

The industry is prioritizing Black and Hispanic consumers in the interest of social equity and to tap new markets amid declining refinance volume and rising rates.

After permitting remote appraisals on an interim basis during the pandemic, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will accept them outright starting in early 2022, the acting head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency said.