FHA Mortgage Demand Doubles In Early October
October 31st, 2007
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It’s the start of a new fiscal year in Washington, and for the FHA it’s been a great time to be in the mortgage insurance business.
The latest figures from HUD show that FHA applications had an annual run rate of 1,285,800 inquiries in the first 15 days in October. This is up 74.6% when compared with a year ago.
Actual FHA applications during the first two weeks of October totaled 51,287 inquires, a figure that rose a whopping 99.4% over the past year.
A total of 25,823 loans were actually endorsed. Of this number, 53.1% were for home purchases, 32.1% were refinances and 14.9% or reverse loans, or what HUD calls “home-equity conversion mortgages” or HECMs.
What these figures mean is that the FHA program — which hadactually been on the ropes for the past couple of years — is doing quite well. The program is insuring loans, loss levels are tolerable, and a vast new market for government insurance has begun to appear with the introduction of the FHASecure product. No one would be surprised if fiscal 2008 turned out to be another banner year for the government program.
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October 31st, 2007 at 9:02 pm
I read an interesting quote in an article that indicates even Prime borrowers are at risk of default. However, the author of the quote blames the Loan and not the borrower.
“We’re starting to see foreclosures on people who have credit scores of 750 and a family income of $150,000,” he says. “It’s not the person, it’s the loan.”
My response is that it’s not the loan…it’s the person! This quote represents the best example for the need to “monitor” our financial health in order to avoid failure. It’s not the loan..its the person’s awareness of financial literacy. This quote is further proof that even high income earners with high FICO scores may fail. In fact, we are now seeing that PRIME borrowers are also going into default. This makes my point that we all need FL awareness…but not simply FL education..We need to test our financial health and identify weaknesses in time for correction. The problem is that people don’t even realize that they are “financially ill” until they have slipped down the slippery slope towards financial distress. They have no idea that they are in trouble until it is too late. Try this analogy….Even though we take vitamins, do exercise, eat healthy, and do the right things…nevertheless, we still take an annual blood test to see if we are actually ,in fact, healthy. By the same taken…we also have financial blood that should be tested to see if we are “financially healthy”. Research has proven that we can test our Personal Financial Blood and determine financial weaknesses in time for correction. I will venture to state that anyone making $150,000 annually and having a FICO score of 750, also needs an annual Personal Financial Blood test to see if they are in fact financially healthy. Financial distress can be avoided. That is why I propose that everyone, especially the Subprime Borrower, be given this web-based guidance in order to help avoid future defaults..even after loan modification. If it can happen to the high income high FICO score individual…it can happen to the subprime borrower. Correct me if I am wrong…aren’t we now involved in a massive effort to save these borrowers from foreclosure? I must stress that along with loan modification, we make a deal with the subprime borrower to accept guidance to help him/her stay on-track and avoid future default and foreclosure. We now have that opportunity..let’s recognize that the subprime borrower can use this guidance..and so can we all. I have spent a great deal of time and effort researching how we can save subprime borrowers from losing their homes to foreclosure. I am passionate about this solution to the Subprime Mortgage Crisis, and I am certain that it will work. I believe that loan mods and refinancing as proposed by the new Treasury Dept initiatives called HOPE NOW will not work unless we also help the subprime borrower “monitor” his/her ability to be able to repay the mortgage..now and tomorrow.