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For those facing financial hardship, the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will enhance their payment deferral policies to allow borrowers to defer up to six months of mortgage payments.

According to Black Knight’s “First Look” at February 2023 data, the spike was “driven by a nearly 65K increase in those just a single payment behind.” Click through to see what the data looks like for prepayments, foreclosure starts, and more.

According to the RE/MAX National Housing Report for February 2023, the median sales price experienced a slight rise over January, ending a seven-month streak of price declines.

Five Star’s inaugural REO Connect event will serve as a hub for industry professionals committed to making the REO process profitable, efficient, and effective at eliminating blight from neighborhoods nationwide.

During the pandemic, an estimated 3.2 million foreclosure starts were prevented, along with the completion of approximately 1.5 million foreclosures.

Robert A. Riether Esq. takes a closer look at vexatious litigation, and its impact within the legal system in the states of Arizona and Nevada.

The Bureau’s new Supervisory Highlights report examines ways in which some mortgage servicers have attempted to run-up unlawful fees charged to homeowners.

According to ATTOM data, foreclosure filings continued to trend down slightly month-over-month but remained significantly elevated year-over-year. Click through to learn what the latest data forecasts for the months ahead.

The rate of overall housing starts slowed in 2022 while completions climbed, according to a new Realtor.com report. New home affordability continues to drop rapidly with just 10% of new homes sold for less than $300,000 in Q4 2022.

The latest report from Epiq has found that new bankruptcy filings in February 2023 registered double-digit increases year-over-year across all U.S. major filing categories.