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Multifamily Executive recently spoke with Shekar Narasimhan, managing partner at Beekman Advisors, to get some insight on the future of the GSEs and how the upcoming election could affect the multifamily industry.
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The Federal Housing Administration has raised the mortgage insurance premiums on several multifamily programs, despite heated protests from several large industry groups.
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The Federal Housing Administration recently sent notice that it will be increasing mortgage insurance premiums on multifamily loans in 2013. The multifamily industry begs to differ.
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The FHA recently moved to speed up its processing times for multifamily borrowers, while at the same time it issued tougher underwriting standards for loans of more than $40 million.
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are hoping to drive production of more seniors housing volume, a sector which has registered a slow but steady improvement in fundamentals.
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For developers and condo associations concerned with an FHA policy that would make it harder get condo loans, HUD has offered a one-year reprieve.
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The Obama administration released its long-awaited proposal for the future of our nation's housing finance system last week. But the whitepaper is long on options and short on specifics, leaving many to wonder aloud how the multifamily finance industry will fare in its wake.
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Chris Tawa, a senior advisor in HUD's office of multifamily housing programs, looked back on the changes he's helped to enact while giving a preview of what borrowers can expect to see out of the FHA in 2011.
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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Housing Administration will prioritize preservation deals in 2011 to capture a wave of expiring Sec. 8 and tax-credit properties.
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The FHA recently unveiled sweeping changes to its multifamily program, tweaking the underwriting standards on new construction and refinancing deals, while unveiling a slew of risk-management initiatives that may expand its already long transaction timeline.