The Monday lineup included a fireside chat with FHFA Director Sandra Thompson, as well as educational panels and presentations from dozens of industry experts.
Read More »What Lies Ahead for Mortgage Subservicers?
An upcoming Five Star Institute webinar will address the state of the MSR market, and what lies ahead in 2023 for the industry’s subservicing sector.
Read More »Freddie Mac Announces $536M Securitization of Re-Performing Loans
Freddie Mac has announced the pricing of its second Seasoned Credit Risk Transfer Trust (SCRT) offering of 2022 —a securitization of approximately $536 million including both guaranteed senior and non-guaranteed subordinate securities backed by a pool of seasoned re-performing loans ...
Read More »Mortgage Fraud Risk Falls YoY in Q2
One in 131 mortgage applications contained instances of fraud in the second quarter of 2022 according to CoreLogic, despite a rise in the instances of income fraud and property fraud.
Read More »Fannie Mae Details Latest Sale of Non-Performing Loans
Fannie Mae has announced the deal in efforts to downsize its mortgage portfolios, including the company's twentieth Community Impact Pool.
Read More »Flood-Risk Data Influencing an Increasing Number of Homebuyers
Redfin reports that users who viewed homes with severe and/or extreme flood risk proceeded to bid on homes with 54% less risk after gaining access to flood-risk data.
Read More »Homebuying Destination: The Danger Zone?
A new report from Redfin has found that more Americans are building homes in disaster-prone areas, as suburbanization and a shift to the Sun Belt have driven builders into more vulnerable areas.
Read More »Providing Opportunities for Homeownership
Fannie Mae’s Jacob Williamson discusses how the GSE’s REO repair strategy focuses on innovative solutions to help support the repair and upkeep of properties nationwide.
Read More »Servicers Adapt to Changing Times
COVID-19 presented mortgage servicers with a new challenge, creating and executing new customer solutions, while managing the impact of the pandemic on their own workforce.
Read More »Cash-Out Refis Dominate Market, Increasing Risk Level
The latest Mortgage Default Index (MMDI) published by Milliman, Inc., showed that mortgage risk rate continues to increase in the second quarter of 2022 with heavy cash-out refinance volumes weighing on the market. According to Milliman, the default risk for ...
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