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Rule changes, rate decisions, portfolio sales and rental regulation as they land, filtered for what alters a landlord's costs or duties this quarter.

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Freddie Mac Bulletin 2026-1 Updates Selling Rules and Home Possible Terms

Freddie Mac's first guide bulletin of 2026 carries selling updates and Home Possible changes, while the higher 2026 conforming loan limit already governs investor purchases.

David Jordan

Street of low houses with a waterline stain marking past flooding

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FEMA Flood Map Revisions Reset Insurance Duties, Not the Premium Formula

Updated Flood Insurance Rate Maps move properties in and out of mandatory-purchase zones, while Risk Rating 2.0 prices premiums on property-specific risk.

Rosa Marchetti

Insurance requirement timeline chart across four residential unit types

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Fannie Mae Updates Property Insurance Rules for One-to-Four-Unit Loans

Lender Letter LL-2026-03, issued March 18, 2026, updates project standards and property insurance requirements that reach investment-property originations.

David Jordan

Landlord reviewing a rent payment standard table with a tenant in a bright apartment hallway

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HUD Revises FY2026 Fair Market Rents for Seven Areas Effective May 21

HUD's revised FY2026 Fair Market Rents took effect May 21, 2026, resetting the payment-standard math for voucher units in seven metropolitan areas.

Rosa Marchetti

Older garden-style apartment blocks photographed from an adjacent parking area

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NLIHC Gap Report Counts 7.2 Million-Home Shortage for Lowest-Income Renters

The Gap 2026 report, released in March 2026, found 35 affordable and available rental homes for every 100 extremely low-income renter households.

Rosa Marchetti