FHA

Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Acronyms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

Federal Housing Administration (FHA)

Federally sponsored agency chartered in 1934 whose stock is currently owned by savings institutions across the United States. The agency buys residential mortgages that meet certain requirements, sells these mortgages in packages, and insures the lenders against loss.

Federal Housing Administration

An agency of the United States federal government responsible for encouraging homeownership. It does this primarily by providing insurance to private mortgage lenders. It finances its activities by buying mortgages from the lender, repackaging them as mortgage-backed securities, and re-selling them. It also makes mortgage loans directly. It was established in 1934.

FHA

See Federal Housing Administration.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms for Today's Investor by David L. Scott. Copyright © 2003 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. All rights reserved.

Federal Housing Administration (FHA).

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) was established by the federal government in 1937 to make home ownership possible for more people and to administer the home loan insurance program. It was consolidated into the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in 1965.

Among its other responsibilities, the FHA sets credit standards and loan limits, monitors loan quality and availability, and insures lenders against mortgage losses. That insurance, for which borrowers pay a mortgage insurance premium, encourages qualifying lenders to make FHA loans.

FHA

See Federal Housing Authority.

References in periodicals archive ?

Over the FHA's initial twenty years, the agency's primary focus was on promoting stability in housing markets through providing insurance on mortgages that emphasized the accumulation of borrower equity.

The FHA's focus on providing insurance on stable mortgages that emphasized the accumulation of equity diminished over time.

LONG-TERM OUTCOMES OF FHA FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYERS

(6) FHA borrowers generally make much smaller down payments and have lower credit scores than borrowers taking out conventional loans.

Our analysis complements that of Bhutta and Ringo (2017), who also study the impact of the FHA premium cut.

The Impact of Federal Housing Policy on Housing Demand and Homeownership: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment

Also, the rules were revised to clarify that in a FHA loan-level certification, "the lender is certifying to what they know to be true to the best of their knowledge." Golding wrote, "The certification is not intended to hold lenders responsible for mistakes or fraud committed by a third party that the lender did not or could not have had reason to know of."

FHA clarifies certification rules

He also observed the FHA rebuilt its reserves a full year before independent auditors forecasted it would do so.

FHA Reserves Rise Past 2%

To answer this question, we check if the composition of after-crisis FHA originations resembles the pre-crisis subprime market in terms of borrowers' credit scores.

FHA lending rebounds in wake of subprime crisis

Under the revised policy, if you're selling your home and you have a $150,000 balance left on your FHA loan, the lender will have to stop charging you interest on the date of the closing, not compute the interest charges that would be due through the end of the month and roll them into your bottom line.

Policy switch at FHA will stop pickpocketing of sellers at closing

The extent of fluoride doping (x) into the calcined (at 900[degrees]C) FHA was calculated using the mass % data of Ca and F as obtained by EDS (Energy dispersive spectroscopy).

Fluoride doped bioceramic from egg shell: a promising biomaterial for bone tissue engineering

Whether the FHA will have to turn to the Treasury for aid will ultimately be determined when the agency reassess its books as the fiscal year ends in September.

U.S. Housing Official Says FHA Could Avoid Need for Bailout

FHA officials insist the agency will not need a bailout.

FHA goes bust: housing woes

The FHA did not create the concept of guaranteeing mortgages against default.

What to do with the Federal Housing Administration

Full browser ?

CITE

Site: Follow: Share:

Open / Close