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U.S. Senator David Vitter, a Republican from Louisiana, is calling out the Federal Reserve for what he perceives as a lack of transparency and accountability on the part of the central bank upon learning that Fed governor Lael Brainard made donations to ...

When an HOA forecloses on a property for unpaid association fees, the servicer faces significant risk of increased loss and even of losing its investor’s stake in the property.. The report found that there are 350 thousand HOAs in the ...

The homeownership rate fell to nearly a five-decade low in the second quarter of 2015, pushing the single-family rental market in America to new heights. The greater demand for single-family rental housing has resulted in an increase in the price of ...

Most of the news regarding housing fundamentals has been positive in the last two years or so. But mortgage delinquencies rose month-over-month in January for the first time since the housing recovery began, according to data reported by Black Knight Financial Services on Monday. ...

Freddie Mac’s Insight & Outlook report for February 2016, released Monday, cited the nearly 655 billion dollars in outstanding conventional 30-year mortgage-backed securities with interest rates greater than 4 percent. The report found that several borrowers have passed on favorable ...

Ocwen Financial experienced its second straight financially difficult year, reporting a net loss of 224 million dollars for the fourth quarter of 2015 and a net loss of 246 million dollars for the full year of 2015 in the servicer’s ...

Wells Fargo is not out of the woods yet even after agreeing to a 1 point 2 billion dollar settlement earlier in February over its underwriting practices on FHA-insured loans. According to Wells Fargo’s annual 10-K filing this week, the ...

The composite Agency National Mortgage Risk Index (NMRI) for January 2016 released by AEI’s International Center for Housing Risk on Wednesday, covering both purchase loans and refinances, climbed by zero point 44 percentage points up to 11 point 70 percent for January ...

The single-family rental market has gained significant popularity as an asset class in the last two years or so. Investors who are looking to increase their footprint in the SFR market should consider looking in one of the top 10 U.S. ...

Ocwen Financial experienced its second straight financially difficult year, reporting a net loss of 224 million dollars for the fourth quarter of 2015 and a net loss of 246 million dollars for the full year of 2015 in the servicer’s ...