Editor's note: This article appears in the April 2021 edition of DS News, available here. The number of mortgages in active forbearance in the first week of February fell below 2.7 million for the first time in 10 months, another ...

This story originally appeared in the October edition of DSNews, out now. A solid economic recovery and red-hot housing market helped drive the vacant “zombie” foreclosure rate to new lows in the first half of 2020, even as the coronavirus crisis threatens to trigger a resurgence ...

This story originally appeared in the August edition of DS News. Distressed home sales are square pegs that don’t fit well into the round hole of the retail housing market, a reality that has been highlighted by the recent economic ...

What lessons from the Great Recession’s foreclosure and home price data can be applied to more recent market trauma? This story originally appeared in the July edition of DS News.

A broader pool of foreclosure buyers means steady demand—even in stormy markets.

These are the lessons that clearly jump out when reviewing foreclosure and home price data in the aftermath of the Great Recession of 2008 as well as more recent, regional market trauma caused by natural disasters.

With the economy and housing market in a period of unpredictable change, what lies ahead for the foreclosure auction sector? Editor’s note: This feature originally appeared in the April issue of DS News

Government-insured and private portfolio loans are driving the trend.

Which disposition strategies can ensure that distressed assets return to owner-occupants in a faster, more streamlined manner?