Latest estimates from the MBA find that 115,000 homeowners are now in forbearance plans nationwide, as mortgage servicers have provided relief to approximately 8.1 million borrowers since March 2020.
Read More »National Property Preservation Conference Returned to Washington, D.C.
The annual National Property Preservation Conference once again brought together a cross-section of field services vendors, mortgage servicing professionals, and representatives of government agencies and the GSEs to “discuss pressing issues and develop solutions.”
Read More »GSEs Complete Nearly 50K Foreclosure Prevention Actions in Q2
The FHFA’s latest Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report for the second quarter found that, to date, more than 6.8 million struggling homeowners have been assisted by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac during conservatorship.
Read More »Forbearance Rate Edges Closer to Pre-Pandemic Levels
The MBA reports the share of mortgage loans in forbearance has fallen to 0.33% nationwide in August, just eight basis points shy of where the rate was in March 2020 at the outset of the pandemic.
Read More »Nearly 70% of Borrowers in Forbearance Cite Pandemic-Related Hardships
The share of mortgage loans in forbearance fell to 0.39% of servicers’ portfolio volume in July, as the MBA reported that nearly two-thirds of borrowers still in forbearance were due to the effects of COVID-19.
Read More »An Improvement in Financial Health Pushes Forbearance Volume Down in June
The MBA reports that the share of mortgage loans in forbearance fell to 0.44% nationwide in June, with nearly 80% of that total citing pandemic-related reasons for their forbearance.
Read More »Highlighting Servicer Success and the Utilization of Loss Mitigation Technology
While nationwide home prices and average costs of living continue to rise, a new case study from Black Knight highlights servicer success using self-service loss mitigation technology to connect with and engage borrowers in times of financial distress.
Read More »Keeping Afloat
MortgagePoint speaks with mortgage servicing execs from BOK Financial, Carrington, the NMSA, PHH Mortgage Corporation, and Servbank about the unusual times and unusual opportunities the industry faces midway through 2023.
Read More »Servicers’ Forbearance Volume Dips to Three-Year-Low
The MBA reports nationwide forbearance volume has reached levels not seen since March 2020, attributed to a strong jobs market and the array of loss mitigation options introduced since that time.
Read More »Post-Forbearance Workout Performance Suffers in April
The MBA reports that approximately 255,000 homeowners remained in forbearance plans through April, as mortgage servicers have provided forbearance options to nearly 7.8 million Americans since April 2020.
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