Here’s what the Office of the Comptroller of Currency’s report on the country’s mortgage performance revealed about the state of mortgage servicing and delinquencies across the nation.
Read More »How Fannie and Freddie Minimize Foreclosure Impacts
Eleven years after conservatorship began, an FHFA report looks back on how the GSEs have worked to assist homeowners facing foreclosure through options such as short sales and deeds-in-lieu.
Read More »CFPB Tackles Mortgage Debt Collection Issues
Here’s what a report by the CFPB revealed about the debt collection practices of various lenders and how it plans to address these issues through a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
Read More »Defying Delinquency Trends
While mortgage delinquencies continue to drop, February appears to have been an outlier. What made February's delinquencies climb?
Read More »How Natural Disasters Are Influencing Delinquency Rates
Even months after the most recent hurricanes, some areas are feeling the fallout. Find out how delinquency rates were shaped by natural disasters in 2018.
Read More »Fair Warning: State Supreme Court Rules on Foreclosure Notices
A recent court decision provides clarity for a long-gestating question about how lenders and servicers must handle foreclosure notices. Read expert commentary on the problem, the solution, and what it means moving forward.
Read More »Court Approves $13.8M Wells Fargo Settlement
The bank’s plan will work to address allegations of unauthorized loan modifications that may have led to borrower defaults.
Read More »Time and Policy to Heal New York Foreclosure Backlog
With the passage of time and a collection of new policies, New York has dampened its foreclosure rate, its backlog of foreclosure cases, and its population of zombie properties.
Read More »Elderly Homeowner Protections to Remain in Maine
Maine’s legislature votes to keep a new law aimed at protecting elderly homeowners who owe property taxes from foreclosure.
Read More »The Wolf Firm Expands to the Northwest, Makes New Appointments
The firm has opened offices in the Northwest region and made new appointments to head the region. Here are the details.
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