A guaranteed mortgage loan gives lenders the ability to qualify borrowers with looser eligibility requirements, allowing for lower credit scores, higher debt loads and more. Many mortgages with less ...

The Department of Housing and Urban Development was sued this week by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) on behalf of three homeowners facing foreclosure on HUD guaranteed reverse ...

On Tuesday the House Financial Services Committee approved a request by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) to raise the ceiling on annual FHA mortgage insurance premiums from its current level ...

A District nonprofit organization that says it helps cash-strapped homeowners avoid foreclosure is under federal investigation for instead helping lenders make high-risk loans that leave the ...

The Federal Housing Administration has been hit so hard by the mortgage crisis that for the first time, the agency's cash reserves will drop below the minimum level set by Congress, FHA officials said ...

FHA loans and conventional loans are both issued by private lenders, but FHA loans are insured by the federal government, and conventional loans are not. Due to their federal backing, FHA loans have ...