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 Quick Start: Single Family Origination Upfront Premium Collection

The Upfront Premium Collection menu provides a message board with announcements about upfront mortgage insurance premiums (MIP) and menu options for paying upfront MIP online, viewing and correcting upfront premium case information, and getting upfront premium reports (listed below).


See also the FHA Connection Guide for more detailed information on Cash Flow Account Setup [PDF] (for paying upfront MIP), Upfront Premium Payments [PDF], Upfront Premium Case Information [PDF], and Upfront Premium Reports [PDF]. Additionally, the Single Family Upfront Mortgage Insurance (MIP) page on the HUD.GOV website provides introductory information, including batch payment processing. To go to the Single Family Upfront Mortgage Insurance (MIP) page, click here.

Upfront Premium Collection Menu
Menu Option Description
Pay Upfront Premium
Pay Premium for Purchase Cases (includes conventional refinances) Allows you to make online upfront mortgage insurance premium (UFMIP or MIP) payments for individual purchase cases or a conventional refinance case where the prior mortgage was not FHA-insured.
Pay Premium for Refinance Cases (FHA to FHA only) Allows you to make online upfront MIP payments for individual refinance cases (prior mortgage was FHA-insured).
Pay Penalties Only
Allows you to make online upfront MIP penalty payments for individual cases, via the FHA Connection.
Payment History Allows you to view and check the status of upfront MIP payments made via Pay.gov by your lending institution/branch. This history includes all payments submitted online via the FHA Connection, as well as any submitted through CPU to CPU batch file transmissions.
Request a Refund Allows you to request a refund of paid upfront MIP.
Upfront Premium Case Information
Case Corrections Allows you to make non-monetary corrections to case information submitted with an upfront mortgage insurance premium (MIP or UFMIP) payment.
Case History Displays a detailed chronological list of every upfront premium transaction and/or event that occurred on a specific case.
Case Master Summary Allows you to request current detailed summary information on upfront MIP payments for a specific case requiring an upfront premium.
Payment Details Displays information about each upfront MIP payment received for a specific case requiring an upfront premium.
Refund Details Displays information about each upfront premium refund that was created for a specific case.
Upfront Premium Reports
Penalties Due Lists cases with outstanding late charges and/or interest due on upfront premium payments. Report results can be generated for all branches of a lender or for one specific branch.
Refinance Exceptions Lists refinance cases that received an upfront premium payment and either have incorrect refinance information or have no refinance credit available to put toward the new case. Report results can be generated for all branches of a lender or for one specific branch.
Refunds Disbursed Displays information about upfront premium refunds that were disbursed within a specified date range. Report results can be generated for all branches of a lender or for one specific branch.
Suspended Payments Lists cases with suspended payments (i.e., the cases are therefore suspended). Either the case information sent with an upfront MIP payment was incorrect or invalid or it is inconsistent with information sent with a previous payment.
Unendorsed Cases Lists cases that received an upfront premium payment but are not yet endorsed. Report results can be generated for all branches of a lender or for one specific branch.
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