Here’s how mortgage loss analysis can help mitigate negative impacts at the portfolio level.

From better communication with borrowers before the hurricane season to quick action after a disaster, here are a few lessons that servicers learned after the disasters of 2017 and what they must prepare for as the 2018 hurricane season approaches.

Despite the fact that many of the nation’s largest banks saw lower profits in the first quarter—compared to the fourth quarter of 2016—and that mortgage demand fell during the same period, industry surveys show lender confidence is high that 2017 will be a good year for home finance.