USMI President Seth Appleton authored an opinion piece in the Springfield News-Leader on the greatest challenges that future homebuyers face in his home state using data from USMI’s 2024 National Homeownership Survey.
USMI President Seth Appleton authored an opinion article in the American Banker on a short-sighted and risky idea to prematurely canceling PMI using AVMs.
Seth Appleton, President of U.S. Mortgage Insurers (USMI), released the following statement on today’s confirmation of Scott Turner by the United States Senate to serve as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) by a vote of 55 to 44:
USMI sent a letter expressing strong support for William “Bill” Pulte to serve as the next Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Chairman Tim Scott (R-SC) and Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).
USMI submitted a letter for the record for the House Committee on Ways and Means’ January 14, 2025 hearing titled “The Need to Make Permanent the Trump Tax Cuts for Working Families.”
Seth Appleton, President of USMI, released the following statement on President-elect Trump’s intent to nominate Bill Pulte to serve as the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director.
USMI joined a group of housing industry organizations in sending a letter to the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Chairman Tim Scott (R-SC) and Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) offering support for Scott Turner to serve as the next Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
As we approach the holidays and 2025, USMI has been busy working to promote access to affordable and sustainable low down payment mortgages for homebuyers across the country.
USMI President Seth Appleton issued the following statement on the House Republican Steering Committee’s selection of French Hill (R-AR-02) to be the next Chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee.
Seth Appleton, President of U.S. Mortgage Insurers (USMI), the association representing the nation’s leading private mortgage insurance (MI) companies, issued the following statement on the nomination of Scott Turner to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Seth Appleton, President of U.S. Mortgage Insurers (USMI), issued the following statement on the FHA’s release of its Fiscal Year 2023 Annual Report to Congress on the financial status of the MMIF
U.S. Mortgage Insurers (USMI) today released its 2024 National Homeownership Market Survey that finds nearly 8 in 10 Americans (78%) believe owning a home is very important (which is 6% higher than USMI’s 2021 National Homeownership Market Survey).
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