REO

With their recent non-performing loans sale, Colony Starwood Homes has substantially completed its exit from the non-performing loans business.

Real estate auction marketplace Hubzu has introduced new features to help traditional home buyers purchase REO properties as their next residence.

The total distressed sales for April 2016 fell again this month and if the current year-over-year decrease in the distressed sales share continues, it will reach that "normal" 2-percent mark in mid-2017.

The Five Star Institute’s FORCE has and Prescient Asset Management have formed a strategic partnership.

New York joined other states that are passing legislation to deal with the nationwide problem of vacant and abandoned properties.

REO sales have declined by more than two-thirds since their peak five and a half years ago.

The share of home sales that are REO properties is about one-third of what it was at its peak seven years ago.

The share of residential home sales that were all-cash transactions continued their sustained decline in February. At one point will they reach their pre-2008 average?

Since hitting their peak in January 2009, the percentage of REO and short sales that make up all residential home sales has been steadily declining. At what point will it reach its "normal" pre-crisis level?

While the single-family rental market is one area that will continue to provide opportunity in the REO marketplace, the question remains: What’s next for the banks, servicers, and investors who touch the REO sector nearly a decade past its high? This select print feature originally appeared in the May 2016 issue of DS News.