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Category: News and Trends
Congress Passes Three-Month, Stopgap Funding Bill; NFIP Also Extended Until December
Wednesday evening, the U.S. House and Senate passed an identical Continuing Resolution (CR) that averts a government shutdown and extends Fiscal Year 2024 funding levels through Dec. 20, 2024.
FHFA Reports More Than 7 Million Foreclosure Prevention Actions During GSE Conservatorships
The Federal Housing Finance Agency reported that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac completed 46,378 foreclosure prevention actions during the second quarter, raising the total number of homeowners who have been helped to 7,004,262 since the start of conservatorships in September 2008.
ICE First Look: Delinquencies Remain Low Despite Year-Over-Year Rise
Mortgage delinquencies remain low despite a modest year-over-year increase, according to Intercontinental Exchange, Atlanta.
MBA’s Bob Broeksmit on Recent Trigger Leads Progress, Other Key Industry Issues to Watch
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Mortgage Bankers Association President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB, took the stage at MBA’s Compliance and Risk Management Conference Sept. 23 to discuss some hot topics–including the recent addition of trigger leads provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act.
MBA, Industry Groups Send Joint Letter on Engagement of Borrowers in Default
The Mortgage Bankers Association, American Bankers Association, Housing Policy Council and the National Mortgage Servicing Association sent a joint letter on Sept. 13 to Assistant Secretary for Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner Julia Gordon, to serve as comments on the Draft Mortgagee Letter, Modernization of Engagement of Borrowers in Default.
MBA Releases Statement on the “ROAD to Housing Act”
MBA’s President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB, released the following statement on the “ROAD to Housing Act,” a broad housing bill recently introduced by Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) and seven of his Senate Banking Committee colleagues:
Nearly Half of Renter Households Cost-Burdened, Census Bureau Reports
Over 21 million renter households spent more than 30% of their income on housing in 2023; representing nearly half of the renter households for whom rent burden is calculated, the Census Bureau reported.
ATTOM: Home Flipping Activity Dips, but Profits Up in Q2
ATTOM, Irvine, Calif., released its second-quarter 2024 U.S. Home Flipping Report, finding that 79,540 single-family homes and condos were flipped in the quarter.
MBA Honors Mortgage Cadence’s Melissa Kozicki with 2024 Ken Markison Legacy Achievement Award
The Mortgage Bankers Association presented its annual Ken Markison Legacy Achievement Award to Melissa Kozicki, CMB, CMCP, Director of Compliance at Mortgage Cadence.