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FHA Moves to Rewrite Property Standards That Have Gone More Than Two Decades Without a Major Update

FHA Moves to Rewrite Property Standards That Have Gone More Than Two Decades Without a Major Update

by John G. Stevens | Sep 23, 2026 | Current News & Events, Mortgage Information, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market

The Federal Housing Administration is moving to rewrite property standards that it says have gone more than two decades without a comprehensive update, opening a potentially consequential change for FHA borrowers, lenders, appraisers and sellers. FHA on Sept. 22...
Michigan Backs $651 Million Ann Arbor Development With 1,069 Homes

Michigan Backs $651 Million Ann Arbor Development With 1,069 Homes

by John G. Stevens | Sep 23, 2026 | Commercial Real Estate News, Current News & Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market

Michigan has approved a major state financing component for Arbor South, a planned $651 million mixed-use redevelopment in Ann Arbor that is expected to add 1,069 homes and transform more than 2.2 million square feet of property.The Michigan Strategic Fund board...
Freddie Mac Revamps M-Deal Structure in $284.1 Million Affordable Housing Securitization

Freddie Mac Revamps M-Deal Structure in $284.1 Million Affordable Housing Securitization

by John G. Stevens | Sep 23, 2026 | Commercial Real Estate News, Current News & Events, Mortgage Information, Real Estate News

Freddie Mac Multifamily has closed a $284.1 million affordable-housing securitization using a revamped M-Deal structure that the company says is more consistent with its other multifamily capital-markets executions.The M074 transaction covers 3,008 units across 19...
USDA Launches 24-Month Pilot to Speed Preservation of Rural Rental Housing

USDA Launches 24-Month Pilot to Speed Preservation of Rural Rental Housing

by John G. Stevens | Sep 23, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market

USDA Rural Development has launched a 24-month pilot designed to make it easier to preserve and transfer federally supported rural rental properties, a policy change that reaches a portfolio of roughly 400,000 affordable apartments.The agency announced the Multifamily...
Mortgage Applications Fall as MBA Rate Jumps to 7.12%, Highest Since May 2024

Mortgage Applications Fall as MBA Rate Jumps to 7.12%, Highest Since May 2024

by John G. Stevens | Sep 23, 2026 | Current News & Events, Mortgage Information, U.S. Housing Market

Mortgage demand weakened again last week as borrowing costs moved sharply higher, with the Mortgage Bankers Association’s benchmark 30-year fixed contract rate climbing above 7% to its highest level in more than two years. The MBA’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey...
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