India, Oct. 23 -- President Donald Trump has signed an Executive Order to lower the costs of single-family homeownership and mortgages.

The Order directs the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency to create a pilot program to cancel borrowers' mortgage insurance premiums proactively once they have satisfied their equity requirements based on the current market value, which will eliminate a large monthly expense for qualifying Americans across the country.

The Order establishes the Task Force on Manufactured Housing Innovation, co-chaired by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the FHFA Director, to increase the quality of and lower the cost of building a home by facilitating the use of modern manufacturing methods in...