Daily Dose

With the end of the new year comes the closing of the Home Affordable Modification Program. How will the end of this program bring changes to servicers?

Industry leaders weigh in on the value of buying single-family rental properties during the cooler seasons and what investors should expect for the future.

Featured in the November issue of DS News, George Fitzgerald of Black Knight discusses how technology can aid decision making in the loss mitigation process.

An already-low nationwide single-family housing inventory dropped even further in October, which is expected to create challenges for first-time buyers in the coming year.

DS News speaks with David M. Blitzer, Managing Director & Chairman of the Index Committee at S&P Dow Jones Indices, to discuss the reasons behind the increase in the mortgage default rate and what this means for the market.

Freddie Mac's November Insight highlights three of these long-term trends that should be considered when analyzing what's to come in the housing market.

What changes did three months of new sales data bring to FHFA’s Non-Performing Loan Sales Report?

The old debate between whether to rent or buy may be getting more complicated, now that renting is more affordable today than it’s been over the past two years.

HUD recently brought tenant discrimination charges against companies across several states. DS News sat down with Lynn Dover, Partner at Kimball, Tirey & St. John LLP, to discuss ways single-family rental owners and managers can avoid similar pitfalls.

Confusion over the scope of homeowner association and condo association super liens can leave servicers with incorrect assumptions about how the rules will affect their lien position. Damon Paxon, VP of Operations at LRES, addresses the questions he receives the most—such as the differences between HOA and COA liens, how the rules vary by state, and more.