ABA, associations: FHA minimum property requirements hurt access to affordable mortgages
The Federal Housing Administration should align its minimum property requirements with those used by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which ...
Tag: Housing Finance
OCC releases mortgage performance report for Q1 2026
The OCC released the first quarter 2026 mortgage metrics report, which showed that 97.7% of first-lien mortgages in the federal ...
ABA Foundation unveils new ‘Unlocking Homeownership’ resources
The ABA Foundation announced the release of new free resources as part of its Unlocking Homeownership campaign, which equips banks ...
Trump declines to sign housing bill into law
President Trump canceled plans to sign a bipartisan housing bill into law, saying lawmakers should first pass an unrelated elections ...
House passes bipartisan housing bill
The House overwhelmingly voted to pass a bipartisan housing bill that contains several provisions related to banking. The legislation now ...
FHA ends field review requirement for certain mortgages
The Federal Housing Administration will no longer require lenders to obtain appraisal field reviews for a selection of FHA-approved mortgages, ...
Senate passes bipartisan housing bill
The legislation includes provisions related to brokered deposits, de novo bank formation and a mentor-protégé program pairing large financial institutions ...
Senate, House committee leaders reach agreement on housing bill
The leaders of the House and Senate banking committees announced they had reached an agreement on a bipartisan housing bill ...
Government watchdog agency suggests changes to FDIC supervision, HUD disaster recovery
The FDIC should take further steps to strengthen its bank supervision, and HUD should take steps to mitigate fraud in ...
VA finalizes new partial claim program, loss mitigation updates
The Department of Veterans Affairs has finalized its new partial claim program and broader loss mitigation updates, which will be ...
