Disaster recovery

Builder D.R. Horton is revising estimates for cash-flow from operations, certain expenses as a percentage of revenue and its backlog conversion rate in response to recent hurricanes.

Ginnie Mae is giving expanded loan buyout authority to certain issuers in order to help them remove loans affected by Hurricanes Irma and Harvey from securitized mortgage pools.

The plight of Orlando-area renters sheds light on a new set of post-Irma realities — rent payments on uninhabitable homes and apartments, challenges getting rent deposits refunded and few housing options in a tight rental market.

The parts of the U.S. most at risk of natural disasters are also the places where property values are highest and increasing most quickly.

The Federal Housing Administration responded to lender concerns about timelines that delay property re-inspections after storms by issuing a waiver for properties affected by Hurricane Irma.

Mortgage delinquencies in areas affected by Hurricane Harvey last month were 16% higher than in July, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

Mortgage investors want Freddie Mac to align its policy with Fannie Mae's when it comes to how delinquencies related to Hurricane Harvey affect credit risk transfer deals.

The Mortgage Bankers Association wants the Department of Housing and Urban Development to tweak a policy on re-inspections of homes that are in a pending sale during a natural disaster.

Hurricane Irma hit Central Florida’s home construction industry in more ways than one.

Banks could be busy supplying credit to manufacturers, hotels, multifamily developers and other businesses that will be helping residents get their lives back on track after two fierce storms.