Tag Archive | “FHA Mortgage Imsurance Premium”

First-time Buyers to Pay for FHA’s Financial Crisis

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

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Facing a financial crisis, FHA is asking first-time buyers to pay for the sins of borrowers who came before them. Increases in FHA mortgage insurance premiums and new, tougher underwriting standards that take effect April 1 will cost new borrowers significantly more than refinancing borrowers who have had an FHA loan four years or longer.

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FHA Audit Leads to Higher Fees

Saturday, November 17, 2012

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The results of FHA’s annual audit sent a shock wave through the nation’s housing community Friday afternoon as even agency officials could not confirm that the higher borrowing costs it will charge borrowers will enough to cover losses.

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Did Too Many FHA Buyers “Borrow Forward?”

Monday, October 11, 2010

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  Will the newly imposed changes to the FHA loan program, which finances one out of every three residential transactions in America, cause another drop to home sales?

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