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Breaking News from Peter Bell, NRMLA President:
I [Peter Bell] just got off a phone call with FHA Commissioner David Stevens and HUD Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations Peter Kovar, who called to tell me that HUD has posted a Mortgagee Letter implementing the 10% haircut in principal limit factors, effective for all loans on which applications are taken on or after October 1, 2009. (more…)
The economic stimulus bill signed into law yesterday (2/17/09) by President Obama will raise the single national loan limit for HECMs (Home Equity Conversion Mortgage) to 150% of the Freddie Mac loan limit. That would create a HECM limit of $625,500. Currently, this limit is only applicable for loans made during the balance of 2009. (more…)
NRMLA (reversemortgage.org)
NRMLA – reversemortgage.org
NRMLA is pleased to announce that we have learned that the compromise package emerging from the House-Senate conference committee includes the House language setting the HECM loan limit at 150% of the Freddie Mac limit, which would put it at $625,500 — for the balance of 2009 only. (Congress would have to act on it again before this year is out to extend it beyond ‘09.) (more…)
We are pleased to announce that the draft of the economic recovery bill released by the House of Representatives late yesterday contains a provision, inserted in response to a request that came jointly from NRMLA and AARP, that would set the single national loan limit for HECM at a higher level than $417,000–for the balance of 2009.