Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
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Rate Desk Tuesday, July 7, 2020
July 7, 2020 edition of Yield PRO TV Rate Desk with Michael Thomas. When deciding between agency versus HUD/FHA financing, focus on the right...
Rate Desk June 5, 2020
June 5, 2020 edition of Yield PRO TV Rate Desk with Michael Thomas. HUD approval mitigants, 223(f) escrows and new HUD issued stat limits. Rate...
Rate Desk May 29, 2020
May 29, 2020 edition of Yield PRO TV Rate Desk with Michael Thomas. Mortgage markets reawaken and FHA 223(f) moves to the loan of...
GSE’s and HUD provide liquidity to housing markets in times of crisis
When things go wrong in housing—who keeps the lights on in terms of capital? How can a borrower expect to get a multifamily loan...
FHA releases 2019 annual report to Congress
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) released its 2019 Annual Report to Congress on the economic condition of the agency’s Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund (MMI...
FHA issues new condominium approval rule
In an effort to promote affordable and sustainable homeownership, especially among credit-worthy first-time buyers, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) today published a long-awaited final...
Opportunity zones might be getting less investment, not more
The Opportunity Zone program has faced criticism for benefiting wealthy investors who are planning projects in neighborhoods not considered distressed, and will instead provide...
FHA releases 2018 annual report to Congress
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) today released its 2018 Annual Report to Congress on the economic condition of the agency's Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund...
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Nominated for the position by President Donald Trump on April 28, Patenaude has the experience and knowledge to complement retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who...
The trillion dollar consolidation
The returns that large-scale single-family rentals (SFR) are producing are now measuring up to institutional standards and the management is under control. It wasn’t...
Multifamily construction loans are harder to find
“We are still finding attractive options for good projects where the economics pencil,” says Jeff Sause, director with capital services provider HFF. “There is...
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The commercial banks that make most construction loans to apartment developers are beginning to be more careful. That’s because of worries about the many...
Government constraints could kill multifamily boom
Although regulators recently loosened Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s cap on multifamily purchases, it still acts as a potential constraint, along with the tightening...
Gays/lesbians inch toward becoming protected class
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has introduced a new rule intended to ensure equal access to the department's core housing...
Federal Housing Authority poised to re-sink the economy
Whatever measure of truth there may have been in that cliche, the reality is that by refusing to accept the real estate correction as...
