The HUD hammer hits hard: FHA withdrawals FHA approval status from 905 lenders
The Federal Housing Administration`s Mortgagee Review Board (MRB) has been busy this year. They published a notice in the Federal Register that announced dozens of administrative actions against FHA-approved lenders who did not meet FHA policy requirements. In 2010 alone, up to the time of the writing of the notice, the MRB has issued around 1,500 sanctions against lenders, including “reprimands, probations, suspensions, withdrawals of approval and civil money penalties.” The following is a quote from FHA Commissioner David H. Stevens: