FEMA to Begin Assessment of Gaylord’s Deadly EF3 Tornado

GAYLORD, MI – Response teams from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, will be in Gaylord Tuesday to begin their assessment tornado damage, Michigan State Police said.  The deadly EF3 tornado hit the Northern Michigan town on Friday afternoon, May 20.

9 Months Later Nearly 400 Waiting for FEMA Trailers

Karen DeHart says they’re still waiting on a trailer for their Pointe-aux-Chenes home as another hurricane season is on the horizon.

FEMA Advances Equity, Provides Direct Support to Underserved Communities to Invest in Resilience

Agency Announces First Selections Awarded for Two Mitigation Grant Programs  WASHINGTON — FEMA is expediting mitigation grant selections and assistance to help states, local communities, tribes and territories enhance disaster resiliency sooner. The awards totaling $91.2 million are the first

Program Evaluation and Other Activities for the Emergency Management Baseline Assessment Grant Program

The Emergency Management Baseline Assessment Grant Program (EMBAG) supports national level standards related to emergency management program accreditation or professional certification that have also been accredited by a national level accreditation body for standards, like the American National Standards Institute

Next Generation HUD Technology Market To Witness Amazing Growth By 2026 | Nippon, Delphi Automotive, Bosch

Latest Study on Industrial Growth of Next Generation HUD Technology Market 2021-2027. A detailed study accumulated to offer Latest insights about acute features of the Next Generation HUD Technology market. The report contains different market predictions related to revenue size,

Merchants Capital Completes $214MM Freddie Mac Q-Series Transaction

CARMEL, Ind., May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — MBIN Leading financial services provider Merchants Capital (MCC), along with Merchants Bank of Indiana (MBI), announces today that it has completed a $214 million Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities (CMBS) securitization of 14 multifamily mortgage loans secured by 24 mortgaged properties through a

Are We Heading for 2008 2.0? Not So Fast 

Mark Calabria is in a familiar position: at odds with the broader world of housing market policymakers and analysts. The former director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, made headlines last week by saying there is a “ticking time bomb” in

Fratantoni: Why FHFA and GSEs Should Revisit Their Pricing Framework

Potential homebuyers in today’s market are facing a number of challenges, including increasing mortgage rates and a sizeable supply and demand imbalance that is pushing home-price appreciation to very high levels throughout the country. MBA’s Purchase Application Payment Index (PAPI) has

Fannie Mae Executes $21B CIRT on Single-Family Loans

Fannie Mae announced the execution of its fifth Credit Insurance Risk Transfer (CIRT) transaction of 2022 in the amount of $21 billion.  Effective April 1, Fannie Mae will retain risk for the first 65 basis points of loss on the

How Fannie Mae is Creating New Opportunities for Home Ownership