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DS News Webcast: Wednesday 5/26/2015

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The April 2015 First-Time Buyer Mortgage Risk Index for Agency loans increased by nearly a full percentage point year-over-year up to 15.28 percent, indicating that those mortgage loans are moving deeper into the high-risk category, according to data released this week by the ...

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DS News Webcast: Tuesday 5/26/2015

Foreclosure, REO, News, Webcast

The national percentage of residential single-family properties that were REO was 10 percent as of February 2015, which is five times its pre-crisis share of 2 percent, meaning that in many metro areas the REO share is still way above ...

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DS News Webcast: Friday 5/22/2015

Foreclosure, REO, News, Webcast

Consumers' conservative financial behavior suggests modest economic growth for the remainder of the year, though the housing industry appears to be gaining momentum, according to Fannie Mae's Economic and Strategic Research Group's May 2015 Economic Outlook released Thursday. Following a weak economic first quarter, continued ...

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DS News Webcast: Thursday 5/21/2015

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Jacksonville, Florida-based mortgage technology, analytics, and data provider Black Knight Financial Services debuted its initial public offering on Wednesday morning at the New York Stock Exchange, offering 18 million shares of Class A common stock starting at a price of ...

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DS News Webcast: Wednesday 5/20/2015

Foreclosure, REO, News, Webcast

Both the national composite default index and both mortgage default indices posted historical lows in April, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices and S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices for April 2015 released Tuesday. April's composite default index fell by eight basis points ...

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DS News Webcast: Tuesday 5/19/2015

Foreclosure, REO, News, Webcast

The percentage of residential mortgage borrowers who are delinquent was reported at 2.95 percent in Q1, the first time it has been below 3 percent in more than seven years, according to TransUnion's Quarterly Industry Insights Report released Monday. Before ...

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DS News Webcast: Monday 5/18/2015

Foreclosure, REO, News, Webcast

Fannie Mae has announced the winning bids in its first-ever bulk sale of non-performing loans, which were auctioned off in two pools in collaboration with Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, and The Williams Capital Group. The transactions, which totaled approximately 3,000 ...

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DS News Webcast: Friday 5/15/2015

Foreclosure, REO, News, Webcast

Measures on delinquencies, foreclosures, and bankruptcies all improved in the first quarter of 2015, while overall household debt remained about 6.5 percent below its peak of $12.68 trillion in Q3 2008, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's ...

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DS News Webcast: Thursday 5/14/2015

Foreclosure, REO, News, Webcast

Real estate investors still prefer flipping as a strategy over renting, albeit by a narrowing margin, according Auction.com's April 2015 Real Estate Investor Activity Report released on Wednesday. Whereas the data from Q1 showed that flipping was gaining momentum, the April monthly survey ...

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DS News Webcast: Wednesday 5/12/2015

Foreclosure, REO, News, Webcast

Completed foreclosures experienced another substantial year-over-year decline in March, moving even further away from their peak from nearly five years ago, according to CoreLogic's March 2015 National Foreclosure Report released on Tuesday. Foreclosure inventory also fell substantially year-over-year in March, declining by 25.7 ...

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