Default Servicing

A new article from the Washington Post examines the government’s Homeowner Assistance Fund (HAF) and the speed at which these resources are reaching those in need.

Redfin reports investor home purchases dropped 30% in Q3 2022, the largest decline reported since the Great Recession aside from Q2 2020, at the outset of the pandemic.

DS News speaks to property preservation experts about how they’re navigating economic challenges, a shifting industry landscape, and an exodus of vendor partners as they attempt to maintain strong boots-on-the-ground service.

Five Star gives thanks for the subject-matter experts who have headlined our 2022 lineup of webinars. Check out some of the recent highlights.

Most courts inherently do not like default interest because they see it as an improper “penalty.” Attorney T. Robert Finlay examines what the First District of the California Court of Appeals recently found in a recent case.

A new report from Realtor.com found that cumulative price growth of low-risk homes consistently outperformed the rate of high-risk homes, suggesting that flood risks are increasingly reflected in housing prices.

Black Knight’s first look at month-end data for October 2022 found prepayment activity reaching a new low.

Prepare for these three distressed disposition trends as the housing market downshifts and we enter 2023.

The impact of Hurricane Ian in the Southeast U.S. forced the share of mortgage loans in forbearance slightly upward in October, as an approximately 350,000 U.S. homeowners are now in forbearance plans.

It’s not often that a modern-day court relies on case law from 1896, but a recent case did exactly that, examining long-standing friction between Illinois probate and foreclosure law.