The new Federal Housing Administration director for multifamily housing, Charles H. Williams, is heading to Baton Rouge, La., along with 50 Department of Housing and Urban Development employees to help victims of Hurricane Katrina find temporary housing.The HUD contingent led by Mr. Williams will be assisting the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the relief effort. Mr. Williams, a HUD deputy assistant secretary, was previously in charge of HUD's Office of Affordable Housing Preservation, which is responsible for restructuring expiring federal rent subsidy contracts on privately owned multifamily properties. Meanwhile, the FHA has identified 3,410 foreclosed single-family houses in five Gulf Coast states that might provide shelter for families displaced by the hurricane and flooding. "We are currently inspecting our properties" to determine their condition, a HUD spokesman said.
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The lender recorded a $59 million net loss in the fourth quarter, an 83% improvement from its third quarter performance.
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Initial analyses of Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data show UWM ahead in 2023 loan numbers and dollar volume, but Rocket's market share still looks competitive.
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Last year, the Raleigh, N.C.-based Integrated called off a deal to sell itself to MVB Financial after bank stocks took a hit in the aftermath of the regional bank failures. Capital hopes to expand its government-guaranteed lending with the transaction.
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The pending end of the program comes as over half of U.S. states have already ceased accepting new applicants for federal aid aimed to help struggling households with mortgage payments.
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But the 30-year fixed rate mortgage is still near 7%, and that remains the overhang on the housing market, Freddie Mac said.
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Mortgage payments rose 10% year-over-year to an all-time high for March, Redfin said.
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