Miami firm accused of approving ineligible loans for FHA insurance

By Laurel Adams

Miami-based Nationwide Home Loans Inc. should be prepared to repay some $5 million to the Federal Housing Administration because the lender’

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"… ionwide Home Loans Inc. should be prepared to repay some $5 million to the Federal Housing Administration because the lender’s sloppy underwriting led to a high default rate for …"

Where’s the HAMP loan data?

By Julie Vorman

The Treasury Department should stop dragging its feet and release some of the specific loan-level data it has collected from mortgage servic

Excerpts from this story referencing "Federal Housing Administration":

"… stry” and whether they are complying with contractual obligations to the Federal Housing Administration and the Veterans Administration. The bureau officially opens its doors in …"

HUD criticized for sloppy management of automated underwriting

By Julie Vorman

Serious flaws in the Federal Housing Administration’s automated underwriting process resulted in more than $6.1 billion in loans winning aut

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"… ederation of American Scientists’ Secrecy News blog. …"

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FHA lenders must learn the meaning of a deadline

By Julie Vorman

The Federal Housing Administration should be stricter in policing lenders who fail to submit annual recertification documents required to be

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"… o reduce the $345 billion gap between federal taxes owed and paid (OIG) …"

Big banks can fund mortgage aid programs If government won't, says Democrat

By Julie Vorman

As budget-conscious House Republicans try to kill a $1 billion program to help unemployed Americans avoid foreclosure, Democrat Barney Frank

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"… achus.On Thursday, the House also voted to pull the plug on the $8 billion Federal Housing Administration program that provides FHA-insured loans to help underwater homeowners refi …"

U.S. housing market “near bottom,” says FHA chief

By Julie Vorman

How does a key mortgage player size up the current state of the U.S. housing market? “I think we’re near bottom,” Federal Housing Administr

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"… urrent state of the U.S. housing market?“I think we’re near bottom,” Federal Housing Administration Commissioner David Stevens told a congressional hearing this morning. “I …"

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FHA and Ginnie Mae punish troubled New York lender cited by Center probe

By Brian Grow

A New York-based lender that was featured in a recent Center for Public Integrity investigation has been expelled from a government-insured

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"… ities to investors.Citing rampant violations of federal lending rules, the Federal Housing Administration and mortgage guarantor Ginnie Mae took action Monday against Jericho, New …"

Ginnie Mae's troubling endorsements

By Brian Grow and Zachary Goldfarb

The trouble signs surrounding Lend America had been building for years. A top executive was convicted of mortgage fraud but still helped run

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"… ome buyers. The first layer of government backing comes primarily from the Federal Housing Administration, which principally seeks to help first-time home buyers who have impaired …"

Straining the FHA's umbrella

By Brian Grow and Binyamin Appelbaum

A District nonprofit organization that says it helps cash-strapped homeowners avoid foreclosure is under federal investigation for instead h

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"… forts to weed out mortgage lenders that make too many precarious loans.The Federal Housing Administration, which encourages homeownership by guaranteeing mortgages made by qualifie …"

Executives with criminal records slip through FHA crackdown, documents show

By Brian Grow

A crackdown on reckless mortgage lenders by the Federal Housing Administration has failed to root out several executives with criminal recor

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"… y as one of its principals. …"

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