For the 15th year in a row, DS News is proud to present the annual Black Book directory of default servicing law firms. Today, we bring you a profile of Spina & Lavelle PC.
Read More »$75 Billion in Flood Damages Linked to Climate Shifts
“The fact that extreme precipitation has been increasing and will likely increase in the future is well known, but what effect that has had on financial damages has been uncertain,” said one researcher.
Read More »Out-of-State Relocations for Retirees at Five-Year High
Nearly 400,000 American retirees moved their residences during 2020, the highest number in five years. According to a data study by the moving services website HigherAHelper.com analyzing the latest U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey, the number of relocating retirees ...
Read More »Fannie Mae Update: Mortgage Servicer Sentiment Amid Pandemic Challenges
This year's health and economic crises have challenged the industry, but how did servicers respond when asked how COVID's difficulties compare to those faced by the market during the 2008 financial crisis?
Read More »Fitch Ratings on Servicer Performance: ‘It Showed Resilience’
Bank servicers experienced a modest decline of about 6% in active forbearance agreements as a percentage of all loss mitigation plans while non-bank servicers reported a decline of about 10%—that's one takeaway from the Q3 U.S. RMBS Servicer Metric Report ...
Read More »Best in Legal Guide: McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce
For the 15th year in a row, DS News is proud to present the annual Black Book directory of default servicing law firms. Today, we bring you a profile of McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC.
Read More »DS5: Adjusting to Modern Property Preservation Challenges
In this week’s episode of DS5: Inside the Industry, Joe Iafigliola, CFO of Safeguard Properties, discussed how Safeguard has adjusted to the challenges of the past year, and what he expects the property preservation sector to look like in coming ...
Read More »How Are Mortgage Delinquency Rates Changing?
Overall delinquency rates were highest in Hawaii and Nevada. Click through to learn how else the industry landscape has changed according to the latest CoreLogic data.
Read More »Garden State Considers Program to Mitigate High Foreclosure Rates
Funding for the New Jersey programs would come from a new $350 fee collected from purchasers of foreclosed properties at a sheriff’s sale.
Read More »What Will Housing Trends Look Like After COVID-19 Vaccines?
Expect the housing market in 2021 to "settle somewhere in between where we were before COVID and where we were during COVID," says Danielle Hale, Chief Economist for Realtor.com's recent article entitled, "How the Rollout of COVID-19 Vaccines Could Help, ...
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