New approved lending areas create expanded opportunities for eligible Native American borrowers and participating lenders HUD Broadens Geographic Eligibility for Section 184 Lending HUD's Office of Native American Programs (ONAP) has expanded the approved lending areas for the Section 184 Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Program, adding new counties where eligible American Indian and Alaska Native […]

What servicers need to know as implementation begins The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced that servicers may begin submitting loans under the new VA Partial Claim Program beginning June 15, 2026. The announcement represents a significant milestone in the implementation of a foreclosure prevention program authorized by Congress through the 2025 VA Home […]

After two years of constrained origination volume, lenders are actively looking for new paths to revenue and borrower access. One area gaining renewed attention: mortgage assumptions. In today’s rate environment, assumptions offer a compelling alternative, allowing borrowers to take over existing loans with below-market interest rates, creating opportunities in an otherwise challenging housing market. What is a mortgage […]

How Servicers Can Operationalize the New Requirements ONAP Establishes Permanent Loss Mitigation Framework HUD’s Office of Native American Programs (ONAP) has issued permanent loss mitigation requirements for loans guaranteed under the Section 184 Indian Housing Loan Guarantee and Section 184A Native Hawaiian Housing Loan programs. Published in Lender Letter 2026-03, the framework replaces prior COVID-era […]