Temporary Mortgage Assistance Program (T-MAP)

The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA) would like to make all CMBA members aware of the new Temporary Mortgage Assistance Program (T-MAP) that may be helpful to your non-CHFA customers.  The program is for homeowners who do not have a CHFA or other federally insured mortgage who are struggling to pay their mortgage due to COVID-19 related hardship. 

The full eligibility criteria can be found at https://www.chfa.org/assets/1/6/T_MAP_Program_Description.pdf

Homeowners with access to computers are encouraged to apply online:

  https://www.chfa.org/homeowners/state-of-connecticut-temporary-mortgage-assistance-program-t-map/.  

Homeowners may also contact the T-MAP Call Center at 860-785-3111 from 8 am to 5 pm, Monday – Friday for assistance.

Joint Statement from Housing, Financial Services, and Public Interest Groups on GSEs' Adverse Market Fee

WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 13, 2020) - A broad coalition of organizations representing the housing, financial services industries as well as public interest groups issued the following statement on the GSEs' new adverse market fee: "Wednesday night's surprise announcement by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the GSEs) conflicts with the Administration's recent executive actions urging federal agencies to take all measures within their authority to support struggling homeowners. The additional 0.5% fee on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac refinance mortgages will raise costs for families trying to make ends meet in these challenging times. In addition, the September 1 effective date means that thousands of borrowers who did not lock in their rates could face unanticipated cost increases just days from closing. "In spite of the fragility of the national economic recovery, the mortgage market has been able to withstand many of the most severe effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The recent refinance activity has not only helped homeowners lower their monthly payments, but it is also reducing risk to the GSEs and taxpayers. At a time when the Federal Reserve is purchasing $40 billion in agency mortgage-backed securities per month to help reduce the cost of buying or refinancing a home and stimulate the broader economy, this action by the GSEs raises those costs, contradicting and undermining Fed policy. "The pricing increase is particularly harmful for our nation's low- and moderate-income homeowners and for the emerging, but unsteady improvements to the national economy. The undersigned organizations strongly urge the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which had to approve this policy, to withdraw this illtimed, misguided directive."

Legislative Update - June 2020  

The CMBA Technology in Mortgage Banking Committee

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