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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac completed nearly 66,000 foreclosure prevention actions in the fourth quarter of 2014, which included loan modifications, repayment plans, forbearance plans, short sales, and deeds-in-lieu of foreclosure, according to the FHFA's Q4 2014 Foreclosure Prevention Report. Nearly 41,000 out of ...

Edward Golding, a senior adviser at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has been named by the White House as the leader of the Federal Housing Administration, according to HUD. The Department confirmed on Thursday that Biniam Gebre will ...

A shift in market share from large banks to nonbanks accounted for a slight increase in the National Mortgage Risk Index for February as well as series-high levels for the risk indices for Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, FHA, and VA loans ...

Ocwen Financial Corporation and Nationstar Mortgage Holdings have agreed in principle to the sale by Ocwen of the mortgage servicing rights on an Agency portfolio with approximately $25 billion in unpaid principal balance, according to an announcement on Ocwen's website ...

The first quarter of 2015 experienced slow economic growth due to temporary factors, but the economy is expected to make a comeback starting in the second quarter, according to Fannie Mae's Economic & Research Strategic Research Group's March 2015 Economic Outlook released Monday. ...

Foreclosure starts dropped by 15 percent month-over-month in February, down to just below 80,000, the lowest level since November 2014 and their third lowest total for any month in at least seven years, according to Black Knight's First look at ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announced earlier this week updates to their policies to address possible interest rate increases on previously modified loans, hoping to prevent distressed borrowers from re-defaulting. Servicers are now required to evaluate mortgage loans backed by ...

Ocwen Loan Servicing, a subsidiary of Ocwen Financial Corporation, and Green Tree Loan Servicing, for the sale by Ocwen of an Agency mortgage servicing rights portfolio with a total principal balance of $9.6 billion, according to an announcement from Ocwen on Wednesday morning. ...

A report released by Auction.com on Tuesday indicated that investors still prefer a fix-and-flip strategy for the properties they purchase despite rising rents and low vacancy rates in many markets. In its February 2015 Real Estate Investor Activity Report, Auction.com reported that ...

The Federal Housing Finance Agency issued a report detailing its progress on initiatives released in the 2014 Strategic Plan for the Conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the 2014 Conservatorship Scorecard. The report highlights activities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac undertook to maintain credit ...