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FHA Sets Lowest-Score Rule for Multiple Credit Models Ahead of January 1 Shift

FHA Sets Lowest-Score Rule for Multiple Credit Models Ahead of January 1 Shift

by John G. Stevens | Oct 9, 2026 | Current News & Events, Industry Updates, Mortgage Information

The Federal Housing Administration has rewritten how lenders determine the controlling credit score on an FHA loan when more than one scoring model is submitted, settling a consequential underwriting question ahead of the agency’s January 1 transition to...
Uplist Adds Arcasa Zero-Down FHA Option to Home-Listing Payment Tools

Uplist Adds Arcasa Zero-Down FHA Option to Home-Listing Payment Tools

by John G. Stevens | Sep 24, 2026 | Current News & Events, Mortgage Information, Real Estate Agent Tools, Real Estate News

Homebuyers using Uplist’s property-payment tools can now see a zero-down FHA financing scenario alongside standard mortgage options before submitting personal information or undergoing a credit pull. Uplist has integrated financing estimates from Arcasa into the...
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...
New-Home Mortgage Demand Falls for a Fifth Month as FHA Share Climbs to 35%

New-Home Mortgage Demand Falls for a Fifth Month as FHA Share Climbs to 35%

by John G. Stevens | Sep 15, 2026 | Mortgage Information, Real Estate News

Mortgage demand for newly built homes weakened again in August, extending a five-month slide even as builders continued to convert enough buyers to keep estimated new-home sales above July’s pace. The Mortgage Bankers Association’s Builder Application Survey showed...
The Mortgage Market Is Healthy. That Doesn’t Mean Every Homeowner Is

The Mortgage Market Is Healthy. That Doesn’t Mean Every Homeowner Is

by John G. Stevens | Aug 28, 2026 | Current News & Events, Mortgage Information, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

There is a strange contradiction developing in the mortgage market right now, and I think we need to be careful about how we talk about it. By most broad measures, the mortgage system is still in pretty good shape. There is no national foreclosure crisis, there is no...
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