Tag Archives: HUD

After months of waiting, on Thursday Ben Carson was confirmed and sworn in as HUD Secretary. The industry was swift to voice their opinion on this next chapter for the housing agency.

Today, Dr. Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon whose candidacy to win the Republican nomination for the presidency in 2015 made him a household name, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the 17th Secretary of HUD.

According to one expert, the rise in housing permits will greatly benefit "inventory-constrained homebuyers."

What exactly is at stake following Friday’s suspension of the FHA mortgage insurance rate cut?

Those hoping for relief from mortgage insurance rates will have to keep waiting, as the Trump Administration suspended the premium reduction indefinitely right after the administration began.

The question of whether the U.S. Senate will confirm Dr. Ben Carson as the new HUD Secretary will likely be answered on Thursday, January 12. What did stakeholders in the industry have to say about how the former presidential candidate would handle the Department if he is confirmed?

For the first time in two years, the Federal Housing Administration has lowered its annual mortgage insurance premiums paid by most borrowers in an effort to expand homeownership and save money for existing borrowers.

As his tenure as HUD Secretary winds down, Julián Castro covered some of the achievements the Department made under the Obama Administration and also some of the work that lies ahead.

Richard K. Green, Director of the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate and a former Senior Advisor for Housing Finance at HUD, discusses some changes he believes the new administration should make to HUD.

The new requirements are part of a standardized certification process which Congress directed HUD to implement.