David Stevens, the head of FHA answered questions last week about weather or not his agency would need a “Bailout” from taxpayers. FHA doesn”t make loans, but they insure them, and with so many people without jobs, and properties being foreclosed on… that insurance fund has been tapped into pretty hard.
That’s one of the reasons FHA requested a change in the way MIP is charged. Those latest, changes go into effect next week.
“If the fund has not gone negative and continues to remain positive it will be thanks to the quick actions of this committee and Congress giving us more authority and actions of this administration,” Commissioner David Stevens said in response to a question at a hearing of the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee.
He went on to tell the Committee:
The FHA is “running on its own. It is financially sound. It is below the minimum capital requirement, so we need to increase that capital but it is not (now) requiring a bailout. We will know more when the actuarial study is complete,” later this fall.
If you are considering a FHA Mortgage Loan in NC, call Steve and Eleanor Thorne, NC FHA Experts 919-649-5058 These changes could definitely make a little less attractive for some folks considering a FHA Streamline Refinance
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