A legal expert discusses why this is good news for mortgage servicers and how it provides a “clear, bright path” forward for cases that may have been snared by potential statute of limitations concerns.
Read More »Most Valuable Company Profile: Auction.com
Founded in 2007 in the then-new field of online real estate disposition. It has since become the industry’s leading online distressed real estate marketplace. Learn more in this latest Most Valuable Companies profile.
Read More »1.2 Million Mortgagers Fear Losing Their Homes
More than a million mortgagers in a recent survey said they fear they are at risk of eviction or foreclosure or being forced to move in the next 30 days. Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Research Institute for Housing America (RIHA) ...
Read More »Damaged Economy Hasn’t Slowed Rise in Home Equity
Being underwater on a mortgage can lead to foreclosure, so the "good news" is that "fewer homeowners across the country are underwater on their loans,” property-data experts say.
Read More »Navigating Foreclosures in the Face of a Pandemic
According to one legal expert, servicer response to New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy's Executive Order 106, though well-meaning, could potentially create more problems than it resolves.
Read More »FHFA’s Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Activity Report
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released the Federal Property Manager’s 21-page Foreclosure Prevention, Refinance Report for October 2020. The full document details the entire month, but here are some highlights. When it came to refinancing, October continued to raise numbers. A record-breaking ...
Read More »How Biden’s Economic Stimulus Plan Might Impact Housing
President-elect Joe Biden last week provided a $1.9 trillion plan for rescuing the U.S. economy. Housing industry insiders and other American's have responded to key housing-related areas of the package including individual stimulus checks in the amount of $1,400 (in ...
Read More »FHFA Extends COVID-19-Related Loan Flexibilities
The changes aim to "ensure continued support for borrowers during the COVID-19 national emergency," according to agency representatives.
Read More »Foreclosure Filings Drop to 16-Year Low
The 2020 figures represented the lowest level since ATTOM began tracking these numbers in 2005. Here’s how the numbers broke down.
Read More »How Are Mortgage Delinquency Rates Changing?
Overall delinquency rates were highest in Hawaii and Nevada. Click through to learn how else the industry landscape has changed according to the latest CoreLogic data.
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