http://www.whatisfha.net The Federal Housing Administration is also known as the FHA. As part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the FHA is involved with insuring home loans and refinancing mortgages. en-us Sun, 20 May 2012 16:53:58 CDT Sun, 20 May 2012 16:53:58 CDT http://www.whatisfha.net/ The Federal Housing Administration is also known as the FHA. As part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the FHA is involved with insuring home loans and refinancing mortgages. Sun, 20 May 2012 16:53:58 CDT http://www.whatisfha.net/articles/139083/FHA-Mortgage-Insurance... FHA Mortgage Insurance FHA mortgage insurance is a required form of protection for all HUD lenders. This type of insurance protects lending institutions against financial losses that are a result of home owners defaulting on their home loans. In most cases this type of mortgage insurance is required for all home loans in which the burr... 2011-05-18 http://www.whatisfha.net/articles/137633/What-Is-FHA... What Is The FHA? The Federal Housing Administration (FHA),is anagency of the federal government. The FHAinsures private home loans that are issued for new and existing housing, refinancing mortgages, and loans that are approved for home repairs. An FHA loan or FHA refinance mortgage allow you to purchase or refinance a home wit... 2011-04-22 http://www.whatisfha.net/articles/137634/FHA-Energy-Efficient-Homes... FHA Energy Efficient Homes Energy efficiency is a primary concern for most homeowners and prospective home buyers in America.This has become more important in recent years due to the increasing cost of heating and cooling your home. As a homeowner, you can save a lot o money by purchasing an energy efficient home. As the nation continues to... 2011-04-22 http://www.whatisfha.net/articles/137635/FHA-First-Time-Home-Buyers... FHA Programs Help First Time Home Buyers Home ownership has always represented an important part of the American dream. Buying your first home can be both an exciting and daunting process at the same time. FHA can help you with the purchase of your first home. How can FHA help you? FHA can cover most of your closing cos... 2011-04-22 http://www.whatisfha.net/articles/137636/FHA-Home-Loans-and-HUD-Reverse-Mortgages... FHA Home Loans and HUD Reverse Mortgages FHA has a Home Equity Conversion Mortgage or HECM that essentially is a reverse mortgage which allows you as a homeowner to withdraw a portion of your homes current equity. Many seniors take advantage of this safe and secure program. Older Americans have used this type of mortgage to bolster s... 2011-04-22 http://www.whatisfha.net/articles/137637/FHA-Home-Loan-Rates... FHA Home loan Rates Shopping around for a home loan or a mortgage will help you get the best FHA insured loan rates possible as a consumer. Price and terms of mortgages and mortgage rates are always negotiable so do your homework and do not be afraid to bargain or make offer to several lenders, especially if you have a good credit rating.&... 2011-04-22 http://www.whatisfha.net/articles/137638/FHA-Loan-Refinancing... FHA Loan Refinancing Information One of the most cost effective ways to save money as a homeowner is to refinance your mortgage when interest rates change in your favor. The best way to keep track of interest rates is to check financial websites monthly. Once a decreasing interest rate trend is detected, check the sites weekly and po... 2011-04-22 http://www.whatisfha.net/articles/137639/FHA-Loans-and-Home-Remodeling-and-Fixer-Uppers... FHA Loans and Home Remodeling and Fixer Uppers How many of us have wanted to purchase a home that needs obvious repairs or you desire a small change with a kitchen, bathroom or other part of the newly acquired home? This is a very common circumstance. HUD’s FHA program has programs that can make it easy for you to begin new hom... 2011-04-22 http://www.whatisfha.net/headlines/news/FHA Insured Loans FHA Insured Loans News Headline :The Federal Housing Administration is also known as the FHA. As part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the FHA is involved with insuring home loans and refinancing mortgages. Sun, 20 May 2012 16:53:58 CDT http://www.whatisfha.net/resources/partners Other Resources :The Federal Housing Administration is also known as the FHA. As part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the FHA is involved with insuring home loans and refinancing mortgages. Sun, 20 May 2012 16:53:58 CDT http://www.whatisfha.net/news/1478969/-Lawler-comments-on-FHA-Single-Family-Mutual-Mortgage-Insurance-Fund-Quarterly-Report-to-Congress... Last week HUD released the FHA Single-Family Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund Quarterly Report to Congress for the first quarter of FY 2012 (ending 12/31/2011), which gave some insights into the disturbing rise is the number of seriously delinquent FHA-insured SF loans, as well on the surprising slow pace of foreclosure resolutions.... Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:35:19 -0700 http://www.whatisfha.net/news/1478970/-FHA-offers-record-low-rates... President Obama said Tuesday that homeowners with FHA-insured mortgages endorsed on or before May 31, 2009, who choose to refinance their loans to record low rates would see upfront and annual premiums reduced when they do.... Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:55:50 -0800 http://www.whatisfha.net/news/1478971/-Mortgage-Q&A:-FHA-finds-way-to-help-refinancers... It appears there may be some very good news for homeowners with loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). Despite the ultralow interest rates currently offered by the FHA, many borrowers cannot refinance, even if they fully qualify. The main reason is that the cost of mortgage-insurance premiums (MIP) ...... Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:02:15 -0700 http://www.whatisfha.net/news/1478972/-FHA-to-start-rejecting-borrowers-in-minor-credit-disputes... FHA to start rejecting borrowers in minor credit disputes... Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:58:00 -0700 http://www.whatisfha.net/news/1478973/-FHA-may-reject-borrowers-with-minor-credit-disputes... FHA may reject borrowers with minor credit disputes... Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:47:00 -0700 http://www.whatisfha.net/news/1478974/-FHA-to-reject-borrowers-in-minor-credit-disputes... The Federal Housing Administration is about to make it even tougher to borrow money from Uncle Sam to buy a home.... Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:58:56 -0700 http://www.whatisfha.net/news/1478975/-FHA-to-make-it-harder-to-land-a-mortgage... The Federal Housing Administration is about to make it even tougher to borrow money from Uncle Sam to buy a home.... Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:18:46 -0700 http://www.whatisfha.net/news/1478976/-Lawler-on-FHA:-Number-of-Seriously-Delinquent-SF-Loans-Down-Slightly-in-February,-Way-Up-from-Year-Ago... Updated data from the FHA’s early warning system shows that the number of FHA-insured SF loans serviced by entities with a combined FHA SF servicing portfolio of almost 7.4 million loans totaled 722,030 at the end of February, down from 732,775 in January.... Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:02:31 -0700 http://www.whatisfha.net/news/1478977/-White-House-cuts-FHA-streamlined-refinancing-fees... The White House on Tuesday said it was cutting the costs of some government-insured mortgages in a move that could open the door to cheaper loans for as many as three million borrowers. The fresh round ...... Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:13:45 -0800 http://www.whatisfha.net/news/1478978/-Obama-unveils-housing-initiatives-for-military,-FHA-families... President Obama on Tuesday unveiled two housing initiatives intended to assist members of the military and Americans with government-insured loans. In his first major news conference of 2012, Obama announced a new plan to cut refinancing fees for any loan insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). The president also outlined a new agreem... Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:35:14 -0800