FHA’s Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund News

Trump Administration Halts Obama Cut in Mortgage Insurance Premiums

Soon after Donald Trump was sworn in as president, his administration undid one of Barack Obama’s last-minute economic-policy actions: a mortgage-fee cut under a government program that’s popular with first-time home buyers and low-income borrowers. The new administration on Friday …

Federal Housing Agency to Lower Mortgage Insurance Premiums

The U.S. Federal Housing Administration will reduce the annual premiums on mortgage insurance on home loans the agency insures by a quarter point on Jan. 27, it said on Monday. The FHA projected homeowners it insures would save an average …