Some of the hottest housing markets may be slowing down, while those that have been slow to rebound are finally heating up.
Read More »Freddie Mac is Close to Meeting One Year-End Goal
It may have been a tough quarter in Q1 for Freddie Mac financially, but at least their is one year-end goal that the Enterprise was already close to attaining at the end of March.
Read More »AACER: Bankruptcy Filings Reverse Upward Course
What were some of the trends at both the national and state levels happening with bankruptcy filings in April?
Read More »Trott Law Celebrates 40th Anniversary
Trott Law, a real estate finance law firm based in Farmington Hills, Michigan, has announced that it is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.
Read More »Counsel’s Corner: Recent Laws and Their Effect on Servicing
Doug Oliver, partner with Anselmo Lindberg Oliver, recently spoke with DS News about two issues that he sees as symptoms of the “general negative view” that the political class and the general public have toward the mortgage servicing industry.
Read More »Nationstar Can’t Sustain 2015 Profitability in Q1
Nationstar was the only one of the three largest non-bank servicers rated by Moody's to turn a profit in 2015, but the Dallas-based servicer couldn't keep it up in the first quarter of 2016. What caused the net loss for Nationstar, and which segments of the company performed well in Q1?
Read More »Regulators Want Banks to Be Ready for a Crisis
Federal financial regulators on Tuesday proposed a rule that require the largest banks to be ready in case of another financial crisis. What are the agencies proposing that banks do to be ready?
Read More »Fannie Mae Enhances Credit Risk-Sharing Disclosures
To date, Fannie Mae's CAS program has resulted in the transfer of credit risk on single-family loans totaling more than a half trillion dollars. What enhancements did Fannie Mae make to the program?
Read More »Rate Decline Zaps Walter Investment’s Profits
A rough 2015 for non-bank mortgage servicers has spilled over into 2016.
Read More »Freddie Mac: No Draw on Treasury for Now, But. . .
Freddie Mac did not need to take a draw on Treasury after all despite all the speculation in the last week about the Enterprise's declining capital buffer. But Freddie Mac's financial report for Q1 did not contain all good news.
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