HUD’s first non-performing loan (NPL) sales program has been the focus of much controversy since it began in 2010. Are Changes to HUD’s Distressed Sales Program Motivated by Policy or Politics?
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Freddie Mac EVP of Single-Family Business Dave Lowman called the 55+ population "the next business opportunity", but what makes this subgroup so important?
Read More »First Mortgages Spike Credit Unions to Record High
Credit union loan balances rose up to a record high in the second quarter due to a spike in first mortgages helped to push .
Read More »Top 10 States for Foreclosures in Q2
Here is a break-down of what the foreclosure rates look like in the top ten states for foreclosures in Q2.
Read More »No Ripples for Underwater Rates in Q2
The bad news is that 67 million homes in the United States are seriously underwater. The good news is that that number hasn’t gotten worse.
Read More »LendingHome Appoints Chief Risk Officer
Fintech mortgage marketplace LendingHome has announced the appointment of expert risk leader Cynthia Chen as Chief Risk Officer.
Read More »Trump Breaks Silence on Housing
Donald Trump shares that the home building business and housing industry taught him everything he knows and the NAHB 2016 Midyear Board of Directors Meeting , in Miami, Florida.
Read More »Ask the Economist: Housing Industry Post Election
Amy Crews Cutts speaks with DS News about what she foresees for the future of the housing market post the 2016 presidential election.
Read More »Lenders Find New Strengths In Shared Households
Americans have been creating shared households in which parents, children, grandparents, or other extended family live together in a home and contribute to rent or mortgage, and extended income households have particular strengths that can be important to lenders.
Read More »Morgan Stanley Begins to Fulfill RMBS Settlement Debt
Under a settlement with federal and state regulators in connection with mortgage-backed securities practices, Morgan Stanley has begun to fulfill its consumer relief obligations.
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