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  • Recommendation Number: 2017-KC-0003-001-B
  • Status: Closed
  • Date Issued: May 22, 2017
Closed Date:
August 10, 2021

Remind lenders that voluntary termination is not the correct termination type to record third-party sales and that borrower consent is required to terminate insurance, even if the loans are indemnified.

Publication Report

2017-KC-0003 | May 22, 2017

HUD Did Not Ensure That Lenders Properly Processed Voluntary Terminations of Insurance Coverage on FHA Loans and Disclosed All Implications of the Terminations to the Borrowers

The U.S. Department of Housing Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General audited HUD to determine whether it ensured that lenders properly processed voluntary terminations of insurance coverage on single-family Federal Housing Administration… more

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Housing

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2017-KC-0003-001-A
    Closed on September 24, 2018
    $3,035,819.00
    Questioned Costs

    Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A] resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B] that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost]; or (C] that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.

    Investigate the 14 loans with unpaid mortgage amounts totaling $3,035,819, and require the lenders to obtain the borrowers consent, reinstate the insurance coverage, or take other action as appropriate given the facts of each particular loan.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2017-KC-0003-001-C
    Closed on December 05, 2019

    Improve its procedures for detecting and sanctioning improper voluntary terminations.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2017-KC-0003-002-A
    Closed on September 30, 2021
    $285,215.00
    Funds Put to Better Use

    Recommendations that funds be put to better use estimate funds that could be used more efficiently. For example, recommendations that funds be put to better use could result in reductions in spending, deobligation of funds, or avoidance of unnecessary spending.

    Update Handbook 4000.1 to require the voluntary termination of insurance consent form to include an explanation that voluntary termination differs from mortgage insurance premium cancellation and the disclosure of any outstanding partial claims to put $285,215 to better use.