FHA Mortgagee Letter 2024-14 — Fraud or Misrepresentation Involving Sponsored Third-Party Originators
HUD Mortgagee Letter 2024-14. See obligation entries for operative requirements and verbatim primary-source citations.
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HUD ML 2024-14 — FHA Defect Taxonomy IV.B (Fraud or Misrepresentation): TPO-employee involvement triggers "knew or should have known"
B) FHA determines if the Mortgagee knew or should have known based on whether: − an employee of the Mortgagee or sponsored Third-Party Originator was involved and/or − red flags in the loan file should have been questioned by the underwriting Mortgagee.
FHA Mortgagee Letter 2024-14 — Fraud or Misrepresentation Involving Sponsored Third-Party Originators — Purpose
This Mortgagee Letter (ML) updates the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Defect Taxonomy to clarify that fraud or material misrepresentation involving a sponsored Third-Party Originator (TPO) is a Tier 1 severity defect.
FHA Mortgagee Letter 2024-14 — Fraud or Misrepresentation Involving Sponsored Third-Party Originators — Effective Date
The provisions of this ML are effective immediately. All updates will be incorporated into a forthcoming update of the HUD Handbook 4000.1, FHA Single Family Housing Policy Handbook (Handbook 4000.1).
FHA Mortgagee Letter 2024-14 — Fraud or Misrepresentation Involving Sponsored Third-Party Originators — Affected Programs
The provisions of this ML apply to all FHA Title II Single Family mortgage programs.
FHA Mortgagee Letter 2024-14 — Fraud or Misrepresentation Involving Sponsored Third-Party Originators — Background
The FHA Defect Taxonomy (Handbook 4000.1, Appendix 8.0) is FHA’s quality assurance framework for Title II loan reviews. It provides a consistent method for identifying defects at the loan level, useful data and feedback through structured categorization of defects, and balance between FHA’s statutory obligation to mitigate risk to the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund (MMIF) and quality assurance business processes. The Fraud or Misrepresentation section of the FHA Defect Taxonomy currently states that Findings of fraud or materially misrepresented information can fall into one of two severity tiers: • Tier 1 (indicating that the Mortgagee knew or should have known), or • Tier 4 (indicating that the Mortgagee did not know and could not have known). It further states that FHA determines if the Mortgagee knew or should have known based on whether: • An employee of the Mortgagee was involved, and/or • Red flags in the loan file that should have been questioned by the underwriting Mortgagee. Mortgagees are responsible for the actions of their sponsored TPOs under 24 CFR § 202.8(a)(3) and Handbook 4000.1 Section I.A.5.a.v. To better align the Defect Taxonomy with these existing requirements and mitigate risk to the MMIF, FHA is updating the Defect Taxonomy to include fraud or material misrepresentation involving a sponsored TPO as one of the “knew or should have known” conditions used by FHA to determine whether a Tier 1 severity classification is appropriate. Based on this update, FHA will seek life-of-loan indemnification from Mortgagees when there is evidence of fraud or material misrepresentation involving a sponsored TPO, regardless of whether FHA identifies specific red flags that should have been questioned at underwriting.
FHA Mortgagee Letter 2024-14 — Fraud or Misrepresentation Involving Sponsored Third-Party Originators — Summary of Changes
This ML: • updates Handbook 4000.1 Appendix 8.0 – FHA Defect Taxonomy section IV Fraud or Misrepresentation. FHA Single Family Housing Policy Handbook 4000.1 The policy update will be incorporated into Handbook 4000.1 as follows: Appendix 8.0 – FHA Defect Taxonomy IV. Fraud or Misrepresentation B) FHA determines if the Mortgagee knew or should have known based on whether: − an employee of the Mortgagee or sponsored Third-Party Originator was involved and/or − red flags in the loan file should have been questioned by the underwriting Mortgagee.
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