Robert R. Hoose, Vice President with the Law Offices of John D. Clunk Co., LPA, recently talked to DS News in depth about a foreclosure reform bill which he played a key role in developing and moving through the state legislature in Ohio.
Read More »Counsel’s Corner: Complying With CFPB Consent Orders
Josh Podolsky, partner in the Tampa office of Phelps Dunbar LLP, spoke with DS News about the issues that some of his firm’s servicer clients are faced with in this current market.
Read More »Counsel’s Corner: Reversal of the “Free House” Decision
Steven K. Eisenberg, Managing Shareholder of Stern & Eisenberg, PC, spoke with DS News about the reversal of a decision in which the borrower received a "free house" because the servicer exceeded the statute of limitations in foreclosure.
Read More »Counsel’s Corner: The Trouble With Completing Foreclosures
Richard M. Nielson, managing partner of Nielson & Sherry, PSC, discusses some of the obstacles he has encountered.
Read More »Ask the Economist: Challenges Facing Housing in 2016
National Association of Realtors Chief Economist Lawrence Yun talks with DS News about his forecast for the housing market for the remainder of 2016 as well as such topics as inventory, affordability, wage growth, and delinquency rates.
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 »Ask the Economist: Housing is Not Acting ‘Normal’
Fannie Mae Chief Economist Doug Duncan recently discussed with DS News the weak economic growth in Q1 and lingering supply issues in housing—and the possibility of another recession.
Read More »Counsel’s Corner: Here is What Smaller Title Companies are Up Against
Lawrence Zielke, managing partner with Minnesota-based Shapiro & Zielke and president of First Financial Title Agency of Minnesota, discusses with DS News the challenges his firm and title company are facing in the industry.
Read More »Counsel’s Corner: The Battle Over GSE Profits is Raging
What is the outlook for the GSE shareholders' appeal of a lawsuit against the government over the sweep of GSE profits into Treasury that was previously dismissed in the D.C. District Court? Hamish Hume, partner with Boies, Schiller & Flexner, discusses all points of the case.
Read More »Counsel’s Corner: Challenge of CFPB’s Constitutionality Begins
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in the PHH Corp. v. CFPB case on Tuesday. Benjamin Diehl, partner with Stroock Stroock & Lavan, discusses the scope of the case and possible outcomes.
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