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Read More »More Than 30% of Distressed Property Buyers Anticipate Price Declines
Auction.com has found that nearly one-third of distressed buyers surveyed expect home prices to decline in their local housing market in 2023, nearly double the 17% who expected home prices to decline in 2022.
Read More »Cenlar Promotes Two Wholesale Bank Execs
Mortgage loan subservicer promotes Keith Austin to the role of Director of Asset Management and Valuation Services, and Tristan Watson as new Director of Subservicing Pricing.
Read More »The Week Ahead: Small Business Lenders & Dodd-Frank’s Section 1071
An upcoming Five Star Institute Webinar will feature a trio of experts discussing the impact of Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act, a rule requiring financial institutions to collect and report data on small business loans.
Read More »Upcoming Hurricane Season May Threaten an Estimated 33 Million U.S. Homes
A new report from CoreLogic has found that climate change is expected to alter hurricane activity this year, placing $11.6 trillion total reconstruction cost value at risk of hurricane-force wind damage across U.S. coastal counties.
Read More »FHA Proposes New Mortgage Payment Reductions
In order to assist struggling borrowers amid an erratic mortgage rate environment, the FHA has proposed a plan to assist borrowers through temporary reductions to monthly mortgage payments for up to five years.
Read More »The Week Ahead: Charting the Course for the Remainder of 2023
The Five Star Institute is set to present a webinar discussing the landscape of the mortgage industry over the next 12 months, including a possible rise in home equity loans, a decrease in savings, increased credit card usage, and overall consumer weariness, among other topics.
Read More »Equity, Unemployment Rates Keeping Mortgage Delinquencies at Historic Lows
According to CoreLogic, the nationwide delinquency rate dropped to 1.1%, the lowest level reported in 23 years, as the unemployment rate remains near an all-time low.
Read More »One in 80 U.S. Homes Reported Vacant in Q2
ATTOM data has found that the number of vacant homes in foreclosure has risen for the fifth consecutive quarter, as zombie properties accounted for the largest share of all homes since before the pandemic.
Read More »Ranking the Nation’s Areas Most Vulnerable to Natural Disasters
With exposure to hurricanes and inland floods, CoreLogic found that a location in Louisiana was the riskiest place in the U.S. for property owners due to damage from natural disasters. Click through to learn the details.
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