This information collection involves mortgage loan servicers, Âmortgagees that service Federal Housing Administration ÂFHA insured mortgage loans and the home owners, Âmortgagors who are involved with those activities. The information collection request for OMB review seeks to combine the requirements of several existing OMB collections under one collection; they are as follows OMB collections 2502-0301, 0464 and 0523.
The economic conditions over the past few years has caused re-default rates on FHA-insured loans to increase, which also caused an increase in loss mitigation cases. Since the private sector has tightened their lending requirements on conventional loans, the FHA-insured mortgage loan portfolio has grown from 5.2 million in 2009 to 7.7 in 2012, approximately a 68 percent increase. The FHA market is still increasing thus causing an increased participation in FHA's Loss Mitigation Program. This has resulted in the increase in respondents, responses and burden hours.
$66,625
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Angela Graham 202 402-3745
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.