Though the wildfires in Sonoma county, California destroyed thousands of homes, displaced residents have found accommodations through their family, friends, or insurance company resulting in a low demand for government-provided housing.
Read More »Georgia Addresses Statute on Execution of Documents
Despite the passage of time, many documents important to lenders and servicers in Georgia are not being executed in accordance with the new requirement passed by the Georgia legislature in 2015. Editor's note: This story was originally featured in the January issue of DS News, out now.
Read More »Defining Debt Collectors
Editor's note: This story was originally featured in the January issue of DS News, out now. The United States Supreme Court, in Henson v. Santander Consumer USA Inc., settled a circuit court split and solidified what may turn out to be a ...
Read More »Refinance Volumes Increased in November 2017
More borrowers refinanced through FHFA’s HARP program in November on the back of mortgage rates that remained lower in October 2017, according to an FHFA report.
Read More »Mortgage & LGBT Leaders Collaborate for Diversity in Chicago
In spite of many advances made, LGBT individuals continue to face discrimination in many sectors of modern life, and that includes the worlds of finance and housing. LGBT youth continue to make up an abnormally high percentage of the United ...
Read More »Housing Market Gets a Vote of Confidence from Builders
Despite a slight drop in confidence due to rising building material costs and labor shortage, builders remain optimistic about the year ahead.
Read More »After Delay, Powell and Montgomery Noms Proceed to Full Senate
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs today met to revisit the nominations of Jerome Powell as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Brian Montgomery as Assistant Secretary for Housing – Federal Housing Commissioner, ...
Read More »Ranking Home Renovation Resale Values
A recent report by the National Association of Home Builders revealed that high home prices limited housing availability are leading more homeowners to stay put and renovate their existing homes. Now Remodeling magazine is providing some hard data about just ...
Read More »Mortgage Delinquencies Up, Still Below 15-Year Averages
Two different reports show small increases in loan delinquencies in the back half of 2017, but the percentages remain comparatively low and bode well for the state of the economy in 2018. The American Bankers Association Consumer Credit Delinquency Bulletin ...
Read More »Supreme Court Case Could Shift Future of CFPB
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could have implications regarding the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Last week the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case of Lucia v. Securities and Exchange Commission, which ...
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