Foreclosure

On Thursday, President Trump signed Senate Bill 2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, into law. The bill, designed evolve and streamline regulations put in place by the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, was passed by the House of ...

Mortgage delinquencies defied several trends in April, according to the latest First Look at the month’s mortgage performance data from Black Knight, Inc. April is typically a month that sees an increase in mortgage delinquencies. In fact, historically, delinquencies have ...

On Wednesday, May 23, from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. ET, Stern & Eisenberg will present a new webinar entitled "New York Compliance: Establishing New York State Compliance With RPAPL 1304 and the Business Records Exception to the Hearsay Rule." The webinar ...

Assurant, Inc., a New York-based global provider of risk management solutions, has announced the appointment of Marc Hinkle as Managing Director of Assurant Valuations, a title, valuation and settlement services company. Hinkle will oversee the Assurant Valuations product lines and ...

As we approach hurricane season again, the impact of last year’s damaging storms are still being felt in the form of elevated 90+ day delinquency rates in some affected communities. According to the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) National Delinquency Survey, ...

Over the last few decades, housing vacancies have become more widespread in many American communities. That’s according to a new report published this week by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. But why is the problem so widespread, and what ...

What are the shifts in the distribution of housing wealth and how has it evolved after the Great Recession? A research by the New York Fed found some compelling answers.

Nearly 30 homes have been destroyed, and more are in the path of potential destruction since the Hawaiian volcano known as Kīlauea began pouring lava down its slopes on May 3, 2018. Now several lenders, including Wells Fargo and Bank ...

The Mortgage Law Firm, PLC, a Temecula, California-based multistate law firm that specializes in the legal needs of the mortgage banking industry, has announced that Sally Garrison will be joining the firm as Managing Partner of the firm’s Oklahoma office. ...

The GSEs, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, completed nearly 20,000 foreclosure prevention actions in February 2018, according to the latest Foreclosure Prevention Report issued by the FHFA. The exact total of foreclosure prevention actions for February 2018 came to 19,932. ...