A recent report takes a look at why customers may be choosing to part ways with their servicers, and why delinquencies have shown lackluster improvement recently.
Read More »The Week Ahead: Bringing Together Law Firms and Mortgage Servicers
This week, the Five Star Institute will host various default servicing industry experts at the 2019 Legal League 100 Spring Servicer Summit. Here's what else is happening in the Week Ahead.
Read More »The Digital Mortgage Revolution: Servicing Challenges to Implementation
While new technologies can help streamline and improve processes, implementation isn't always easy. Here are some of the primary challenges, and how servicers can address them.
Read More »Tackling Foreclosure Challenges in Motor City
Detroit saw a record low number of homes at tax foreclosure auction in 2018. Here's how relief efforts are keeping homeowners in their homes.
Read More »Minimizing Disaster Impact on Defaults When Tornadoes Strike
Disruption to income from natural disasters including tornadoes can lead to delinquencies and increased risk of foreclosure. Here’s how technology is helping better anticipate and respond to challenges after a tornado touches down.
Read More »The Industry Pulse: Updates on the FHFA, Freedom Mortgage Corporation, and More
From key hires and industry awards to new technologies, catch the latest happenings in the industry in this update.
Read More »The Risks and Rewards of ARMs
Adjustable-rate mortgages are regain popularity, but borrowers who don't understand the risks could end up forced into default or foreclosure.
Read More »Re-Evaluating the Traditional Appraisal
A recent study takes a look at how the traditional appraisal and the automated valuation model needs to be altered when predicting defaults and more if the manual appraisal threshold were raised.
Read More »Obligations Fulfilled for Goldman Sachs’ Mortgage-Backed Securities Settlements
Goldman Sachs successfully completed about 77% of the $1.8 billion in consumer relief it is obligated to provide under its two mortgage-backed securities settlements with the U.S. Department of Justice and three states, according to a report by the independent monitor ...
Read More »Law Firms and Mortgage Servicers to Meet at Spring Summit
At this year's Legal League 100 Spring Servicer Summit, mortgage servicers, government reps, and financial services attorneys will gather for discussions centered around the challenges facing the U.S. mortgage industry.
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