The nationwide share of residential homes in foreclosure is at its lowest level in eight years, but it remains high in a few areas. What states account for a large portion of the country's homes in foreclosure?
Read More »CoreLogic Executive Elected Chair of HLP Board of Directors
CoreLogic's SVP for Government and Public Affairs Faith Schwartz was recently elected to be the new Chair of the Hope LoanPort (HLP) Board of Directors. Schwartz has been a member of CoreLogic's team since 2013, with the mission of building business and relationships with the government, non-profits, think tanks, and universities
Read More »Housing Outlook for 2016: Higher Home Sales and Prices, Falling Refi Volumes
The signature report from CoreLogic Chief Economist Dr. Frank Nothaft offers viewers a few twists, turns and apparent contradictions.
Read More »Presidential Hopeful Clinton Intends to Get Even Tougher on Wall Street
Clinton said that as president, she would veto any attempt to weaken financial reform and fight for “tough new rules, stronger enforcement, and more accountability.”
Read More »Will Big Bank Defections from FHA Change Mortgage Lending?
Traditional big lenders are increasingly walking away from the FHA. The question is what opportunities does it open up, and how will both the FHA and the mortgage market respond to those changes? Moreover, how does it affect you?
Read More »GSE Reform Must Go Through the Financial Stability Oversight Council
Eight of the nine members of the Financial Stability Oversight Council testify Tuesday before the House Financial Services Committee. Any realistic movement toward GSE reform leads to the FSOC, so what they say Tuesday will echo through the industry.
Read More »Merging Landlords See Growing Profit in Single Family Rentals
Single family rentals, SFRs, were supposed to be a short-term opportunity when real estate hit bottom, but now it's emerging as a new class that big money is looking at. So what's happening?
Read More »North Carolina Borrowers Receive Foreclosure Relief Money from SunTrust Settlement
The deal was made after allegations from attorneys generals surfaced, claiming the bank violated foreclosure, servicing or loan modification practices, harming borrowers who were already in distress and who may have had other relief options available at the time.
Read More »Expanded Loan-Level Dataset Aimed at Helping Investors Support Credit Risk Offerings
“Releasing this data now will help give potential credit investors sufficient time to analyze Freddie Mac's actual loss performance,” said Kevin Palmer, SVP of Credit Risk Transfer at Freddie Mac.
Read More »Did Advocates to Eliminate GSEs Engage in a Conflict of Interest?
Stakeholders in the mortgage industry question whether or not a takeover by Wall Street banks would help the industry. Some say not only would it not help the industry, but it would be harmful. Did three top housing policy officials advocate for their private sector clients after leaving their government positions?
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