May’s MBS issuance total brings Ginnie Mae’s MBS program balance to $2.216 trillion, the highest in the agency’s history.
Read More »Working Without a Crystal Ball
Is your default servicing operation ready for the looming storm? Dru Jacobs of ADFITECH details how to prepare to deal with the impact of an impending crisis.
Read More »Rising to the Challenge
With our nation and our industry facing continued and mounting threats from damaging natural disasters each new year, DS News speaks with a cross-section of experts about the challenges faced and solutions required.
Read More »Pandemic Ripple Creates Better Market for Urban Properties
In many ways, the COVID-19 pandemic is largely behind us. Even so, ripples from early in the pandemic are still affecting the market today. According to a new report from Zillow, for the first time over a decade, it is ...
Read More »Attention to Detail
As the CFPB swings into full enforcement mode with loss mitigation underway, Meghan Jones-Rolla of Mortgage Connect discusses how the industry is handling the Bureau’s mandate of “unprepared is unacceptable.”
Read More »Affordability and the Impact of Remote Work on Housing Preferences
One thousand people took part in Fannie Mae’s third quarter 2021 National Housing Survey and reported back that affordability and remote work are still very much important to members of all demographics and age groups. The survey was conducted by Fannie ...
Read More »Survey: Three-in-Five Plan to Move in the Next Year
The housing market is currently in a tizzy—prices hit new records seemingly every day, while inventory sits near record lows. Even with the market in its current state, people still need places to live, and overwhelmingly, they found them. Knowing ...
Read More »HUD Releases Nearly $3.3M to Fight Housing Discrimination
Additional American Rescue Plan funds have been granted by HUD to Fair Housing Initiatives Program agencies to fight pandemic-related housing discrimination practices.
Read More »FHFA Suspends Foreclosures on Borrowers Who Applied for HAF Assistance
New announcement will require servicers with GSE-backed mortgages backed to delay the foreclosure process for up to 60 days.
Read More »Getting Borrowers Back on the Road to Recovery
John Lawrence of Selene Finance sat down with DS News to discuss the priorities of mortgage servicers on the other side of COVID-19.
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