Attorneys T. Robert Finlay and Michelle A. Mierzwa discuss California’s SB 2170, a measure that creates a new “First Look” policy for REO properties.
Read More »Elevated Housing Costs Driving Homebuyers to More Affordable Areas
While nationwide migration trends remain firm, according to a new report from Redfin, a record one-quarter of home searchers are looking to move to a new metro as high housing costs continue to push homebuyers to more affordable places.
Read More »Q1 Foreclosure Activity Trends Upward
Spurred by rising unemployment, ATTOM has found that U.S. foreclosure filings climbed 22% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2023.
Read More »The Week Ahead: Servicers and Government Officials to Meet in D.C.
The Annual Five Star Government Forum is set for April 11 in Washington, D.C., bringing together mortgage servicing leadership and government agency reps to discuss the industry’s most pressing issues.
Read More »OCC Report Outlines Decline in Q4 First Lien Mortgage Performance
The OCC’s latest Mortgage Metrics Report found that mortgage servicers nationwide initiated 9,166 new foreclosures in the fourth quarter of 2022, a decrease from Q3’s totals but a higher volume than recorded in Q4 2021.
Read More »HUD Details Disaster Relief for Mississippi Following Tornado
After severe storms destroy hundreds of homes, agency issues temporary moratorium on FHA foreclosures and vows to “help rebuild."
Read More »Share of Delinquent Mortgages Drops, But Foreclosure Rate Creeps Upward
CoreLogic reports that the share of home loans in delinquency continues to dip nationwide, down from a high of 7.3% in the spring of 2020, and down by 0.5 percentage points from January 2022.
Read More »HUD Issues Proposed Rule on Floodplain Management
The Department’s Proposed Rule would revise regulations governing floodplain management and the protection of wetlands to implement the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard.
Read More »Overall Mortgage Delinquencies Up 36K in February
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.
Read More »Treasury: Nearly 11 Million Payments Made to Help Prevent Evictions
At the Low Income Housing Forum, Treasury Department Deputy Secretary Adeyemo reports that nearly 10.8 million Emergency Rental Assistance payments have been made to keep families in their homes.
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