Mortgage interest rates for 30-year fixed loans are projected to hit 6.00 percent by the end of 2010, according to the latest housing and mortgage market outlook from the PMI Group. Long-term interest rates have generally headed higher since the end of November, and PMI expects this trend to continue, with a notable increase coming in Q2 when the Federal Reserve withdraws from the secondary mortgage market.
Read More »Milestone to Sell AmTrust Servicing Portfolio for FDIC
The FDIC is looking for a buyer for the $20 billion loan servicing portfolio it seized from AmTrust Bank last year, and the agency has chosen the investment advisory firm Milestone Merchant Partners in Washington, D.C. to manage the sale.
Read More »TenantAccess Offers Solution to Manage Shadow Foreclosure Inventory
TenantAccess says it has an answer to that looming shadow inventory of foreclosures and REOs that so many analysts fear could get in the way of the nation's housing recovery and lead to a second round of price deterioration for residential properties.
Read More »Superior Bank Expands Mortgage Banking Team
In order to double its mortgage banking operation, Superior Bank of Alabama announced Tuesday that it will add more than 60 people to its existing operation.
Read More »Banks to Prepay FDIC Fees, Agency Mulls ‘Safe Harbor’ for Securitized Loans
It's no longer just a proposal the FDIC decided Thursday to implement a new payment structure for banks that requires them to prepay three years of insurance premiums. The agency also signaled that it is putting together new rules that would provide ""safe harbor"" protection for loans bundled in securities, essentially putting these assets out of the FDIC's reach if the selling institution goes under.
Read More »Despite Market Rebound, More than a Quarter of Institutional Investors Expect another Dive
Since the market ""crash"" of last spring, The NYSE Financial Stock Index is up 137 percent.
Read More »REDC Generates $25M in First Online-Only Foreclosure Auction
Irvine, California's Real Estate Disposition Corp. (REDC) announced last week that it generated $24.9 million in sales in its just-completed national online foreclosure auction.
Read More »Glimmer of Hope in Realtors’ Report on Rising Home Sales, Prices
Home sales rose in 39 states last quarter and median prices rose 4 percent, offering hope for the residential market's immediate future, according to an industry report released Wednesday.
Read More »Ginnie Mae, Freddie Mac Adjust Fire after Taylor Bean’s Demise
Ginnie Mae, the guarantor of mortgage-backed securities, tapped Bank of America to service about $25 billion in Federal Housing Administration receivables seized from mortgage firm Taylor, Bean & Whitaker last week, according to media reports.
Read More »Sorrento Capital Names Ozonian Board Chairman
Sorrento Capital, a private asset management firm based in Irvine, California, announced Monday that it has named Steve Ozonian as its executive chairman of the board.
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