2022 Updates
2021 Updates
2020 Updates
2019 Updates
2018 Updates
2017 Updates
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2022.4 | New Conventional Area Median Income (AMI) Limits, Staff Roster |
2022.3 | New Total Household Compliance Income and Purchase Price Limits, New Capital Access Income and Purchase Price Limits |
2022.2 | Minimum Volume Requirement Change for 2022, Changes beginning with 2023 Lender Recertification |
2022.1 | WHEDA responds to FNMA Selling Guide Update SEL-2022-01, WHEDA responds to FNMA Lender Letter LL 2021-03 |
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2021.13 | Fannie Mae Announces NEW Free Home Buyer Education Option, WHEDA Single Family Employee Promotion |
2021.12 | Conventional Eligibility Matrix Updated: Clarifying LTV limitations on Homestyle Renovation loans, New Conventional and FHA Loan Limits |
2021.11 | Annual Real Estate Taxes, Staffing Update |
2021.10 | Taxpayer First Act Compliance Requirement Change |
2021.09 | WHEDA Advantage Conventional Update |
2021.08 | COVID-19 Guidance Flexibilities Continued, WHEDA Advantage Conventional Update |
2021.07 | Changes to the Advantage Conventional HomeStyle® Renovation, Program begin July 1, 2021 (Updated guidelines, Updated required training, Updated resources, forms and manuals) |
2021.06 | New Capital Access Income Limits, FHA Updates - Student Loans and Citizenship, Staff Roster |
2021.05 | New Conventional Area Median Income (AMI) Limits, Staff Roster |
2021.04 | Changes to the Advantage Conventional HomeStyle® Renovation guidelines, Updated required training for the Advantage Conventional HomeStyle® Renovation program, Revised Home Improvement Loan Program (HILP) coming July 1, 2021 - Become an approved HILP lender now! |
2021.03 | New Purchase Price and Income Limits - corrected link, Staff Roster |
2021.02 | Desktop Underwriter® (DU®) and Desktop Originator® (DO®), April 30 deadline for legacy URLA loan submissions, Uniform Closing Dataset, Funding Requests, Staff Roster |
2021.01 | COVID-19 Guidance Flexibilities Continued, FHA - Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Staff Changes and updated Staff Roster |
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2020.17 | New Conventional and FHA Loan Limits, COVID-19 Guidance Flexibilities Continued, URLA Implementation, Home Buyer Education Requirements |
2020.16 | Clarification on Direct Endorsement (DE) Lenders submitting FHA loans in the Mini-Correspondent Channel; reminder of payment of annual real estate taxes; IRS tax transcripts and the expiration of flexibility; COVID-19 guidance flexibilities continued; staff roster and important numbers |
2020.15 | Annual Real Estate Taxes; Reminder for IRS Tax Transcripts - Expiration of Flexibility; New IRS Form 4506-C; COVID-19 Guidance Extensions for Conventional Loans; Staff Roster and Important Numbers |
2020.14 | IRS Tax Transcripts Flexibility; COVID Guidance Extensions for Conventional Loans; Reminder Post-Closing Outstanding Document Fees and Resume; Staff Roster and Important Numbers |
2020.13 | Changes to the Home Buyer Education Requirements; COVID Guidance Flexibilities Continued; Judgment Clarification for all WHEDA Programs; Staff Roster & Important Numbers |
2020.12 | WHEDA to WHEDA Refinances; IRS Transcripts; Post-Closing Outstanding Document Report Fees; COVID Related Guidance Reminder; Staff Roster & Important Numbers |
2020.11 | Increase to the Easy Close Maximum Loan Amount; Compliance Income Evaluation Requets; Resources - Staff Roster & Important Numbers |
2020.10 | New Capital Access Income Limits; Summary of Income and Purchase Price Limit Changes; Requirement for Original Notes |
2020.09 | Conventional - New AMI Limits & COVID-19 Guidance; Attestation of Income and Understanding of Forbearance; Clarification of Documents Required; Resources |
2020.08 | COVID-19 Guidance; Attestation of Income and Understanding of Forbearance; Resources |
2020.07 | New Purchase Price and Income Limits |
2020.06 | Attestation of Income and Understanding of Forbearance; WHEDA Advantage Conventional - COVID-19 Guidance; Changes to Capital Access DPA Purchase Price Limits; Staff Resources/Roster |
2020.05 | Discontinuation of HFA Risk Sharing; March 31 revisions to FNMA Lender letters |
2020.04 | WHEDA Advantage Conventional COVID-19 Guidance; Tax Transcripts; Resources - Staff Roster and Important Numbers |
2020.03 | WHEDA Advantage Conventional COVID-19 Guidance; Post Closing Outstanding Document Report - Fees; Resources - Staff Roster and Important Numbers |
2020.02 | FHA Updates |
2020.01 | Rural Closing Cost Credit - Discontinued! |
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2019.15 | Lender Update 2019-15 Rural Closing Cost Credit: Extended and New Income Limits! |
2019.14 | Taxpayer First Act Compliance Requirements; FHA HRAP Approved Condominium Process - Form Correction! |
2019.13 | Annual Real Estate Tax Disclosure on CD for Loans Closing Dec 1, 2019 and After; Conventional Program Changes per Fannie Mae Selling Guide Update 2019-08; FHA Updates and Changes |
2019.12 | Important Lender Update on Security Incident |
2019.11 | WHEDA Advantage Conventional Updates; Updated Resources |
2019.10 | WHEDA Advantage Conventional Updates; New Application Package Checklist and Closing Package Checklist; Updated Resources |
2019.09 | Closing Cost Credits |
2019.08 | WHEDA Advantage FHA & WHEDA DPA Programs; New Capital Access Income and Purchase Price Limits; Revised Staff Roster |
2019.07 | New Income & Purchase Price Limits |
2019.06 | FHA Update; Conventional Update |
2019.05 | Changes to Capital Access DPA Income and Purchase Price Limits |
2019.04 | New Purchase Price Limits; Advantage Conventional Update; Advantage FHA Update; Revised Staff Roster |
2019.03 | HomeStyle® Renovation; New Net-Worth Requirements for WHEDA Approved Lenders; Mini-Correspondent Channel |
2019.02 | Advantage Conventional Underwriting Guide Updates; Advantage FHA Underwriting Guide Updates; Down Payment Assistance Clarification; New Advantage FHA Matrix. |
2019.01 | Advantage Conventional HomeStyle® Renovation Loan Originator Certification Requirements; Tax Transcripts. |
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2018.17 | WHEDA Advantage FHA minimum credit score; New Conventional and FHA Loan Limits; Tax Transcripts during government shutdown |
2018.16 | Annual Real Estate Taxes; Principal Reductions and New Funding Request; Rental Income from other Real Estate Owned; Uniform Closing Dataset (UCD) |
2018.15 | Up to $1250 Closing Cost Credit for Distressed Properties! |
2018.14 | Introducing the latest addition to WHEDA’s Advantage Conventional Program - HomeStyle® Renovation |
2018.13 | Conventional Updates; HBE Clarification |
2018.12 | WHEDA Conventional Updates; WHEDA Easy Close Updates |
2018.11 | Form Updates |
2018.10 | Changes to Capital Access |
2018.9 | WHEDA Advantage Conventional Updates; Policy and Procedure Update; Updated Single Family Roster |
2018.8 | WHEDA Advantage New Income Limits; Tips & Tricks |
2018.7 | WHEDA Advantage Conventional Updates; Forms Update; Tips & Tricks |
2018.6 | WHEDA Advantage Conventional Updates; Tips & Tricks |
2018.5 | Capital Access Advantage Down Payment Assistance |
2018.4 | WHEDA Advantage Conventional Updates |
2018.3 | Policy and Procedure Updates; Preapproval Certificates Now Available; Updated Single Family Staff Roster |
2018.2 | WHEDA Advantage Conventional Updates |
2018.1 | WHEDA-Connect Changes; Coming Soon |
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2017.33 | WHEDA Tax Advantage is Back! |
2017.32 | New Conventional and FHA Loan Limits |
2017.31 | 5 WHEDA $1500 Closing Cost Credits remain with extended closing date |
2017.30 | WHEDA Tax Advantage – Mortgage Credit Certificates (MCC) |
2017.29 | DACA - Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals |
2017.28 | WHEDA $1500 Closing Cost Credit – Only 15 credits remaining |
2017.27 | 4% Interested Party Contributions (IPC) Update; Repair/Improvement Escrow - Rolling Repairs into the Loan - suspended |
2017.26 | Frozen Credit Reports; Previous WHEDA Foreclosure, Deed-in-Lieu or Short Sale |
2017.25 | WHEDA Connect |
2017.24 | 2017 Annual Real Estate Taxes and Submission of Closing and Trailing Documents |
2017.23 | Closing Cost Credit Offer Extended |
2017.22 | Uniform Closing Dataset; Conventional and FHA Closing Package Checklist Revisions |
2017.21 | Conventional Debt-to-Income Radio Update; Conventional Guide Updates |
2017.20 | Early Registration and Hotel Room Discount for Wisconsin Homeownership Conference Ends September 3rd |
2017.19 | Uniform Closing Cost Dataset .XML File Required for Conventional; FHA Settlement Certification Form; Mortgage Electronic Registration System (MERS) Requirements |
2017.18 | New Track of Topics and Speakers Added to Wisconsin Homeownership Conference |
2017.17 | Uniform Closing Dataset (UCD) is Coming September 25, 2017 |
2017.16 | Coming Soon: WHEDA Single Family Homeownership Conference 2017 |
2017.15 | Accepting Reservation Requests Beginning Monday, July 3rd for the WHEDA Closing Cost Credit up to $1,500 |
2017.14 | Revised Policy for Trailing Documents; Correction: Closing Interest on First Mortgage and Easy Close Loan; FTHB and VALOR Loans Combined Pricing; Revised Hazard Insurance Maximum Deductible |
2017.13 | Updated Capital Access Income and Purchase Price Limits |
2017.12 | Closing Cost Credit |
2017.11 | New Income Limits; Closing Interest on the First Mortgage and Easy Close Loans |
2017.10 | Valor Program, Conventional Guide Updates, Changing the Information of a Locked Loan |
2017.09 | Single Family Announces Staffing, Departmental, and Procedural Changes |
2017.08 | Conventional Product Matrix Updated |
2017.07 | New 2017 Income and Purchase Price Limits |
2017.06 | Know the Key Differences Between Capital Access and Easy Close Down Payment Assistance (DPA) |
2017.05 | Easy Close Payment Due Date Change; Underwriting Guide Updates; more |
2017.04 | New Program - Capital Access Advantage |
2017.03 | Capital Access Advantage - Down Payment Assistance |
2017.02 | Happy Retirement to Cindy Jenson |
2017.01 | 2017 Loan Limits Increase |