Category: FHA Mortgage

FHA Back to Work After Government Shutdown

While the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) was not fully closed during the government shutdown, they were running on limited staff for the 16 days of uncertainty. Most FHA Lenders and Banks continued to process and fund FHA loans during this time which has created a backlog of FHA endorsements and questions from these companies. In response to undoubtedly hundreds of… Read more »

The Government Shutdown and Home Loans for Homebuyers

Buying a home can have many challenges from critical underwriters to conservative appraisers however, on the long list of things that can go wrong with a home loan you would not expect a government shutdown to be a factor. As of 12:00 AM today on October 1st, 2013 the Federal government has now shut down… Read more »

TIME IS RUNNING OUT ON REDUCED MORTGAGE INSURANCE PREMIUMS

FHA loan are becoming more popular as families deal with the after effects of the major economic depression that we saw only a few years ago.  With conventional mortgage being more difficult to qualify for with previous credit issue, FHA has become the go to mortgage program for U.S. Families. The Federal Housing Administration has… Read more »

INCREASE YOUR CREDIT SCORE WHEN APPLYING FOR A MORTGAGE

Mortgages have been a hot topic of conversation lately as rates continue to track lower and lower.  People continue to refinance their homes at unprecedented rates and new home sales are also starting to pick up.  People do not want to miss the golden opportunity which comes along with historically low rates.  The only problem… Read more »

FHA MORTGAGE INSURANCE PREMIUMS TO GO UP APRIL 1ST!

Unfortunately, FHA has recently announced some change to the FHA mortgage insurance premiums for all new FHA loans starting April 1, 2013.  It just seems as if FHA continues to raise the mortgage insurance premiums to try to get it back in line so the program remains self funding.  Unfortunately, the reason behind these changes… Read more »

FHA loan delinquencies on the Rise

In terms of the mortgage industry, things are starting to finally look up a bit, unless you are referring to the loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA loans). Delinquencies are up nearly 27% on FHA loans while conventional mortgages delinquencies have been steadily dropping. More and more of loans insured by FHA are… Read more »