In a move to increase equitable housing for all qualified borrowers, lenders will be able to better assist and counsel their clients during the homebuying process.
Read More »Layton Examines Implications of Record-High Pandemic Mortgage Profits
Don Layton, the current Senior Industry Fellow at the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University—and former CEO of Freddie Mac—released a new column on the policymaking implications of record-high mortgage origination profits during the pandemic he authored after the ...
Read More »FHFA Unveils Duty to Serve Details for GSEs
New program commits to serving manufactured housing markets, as data shows residents of owner-occupied manufactured housing tend to have lower incomes than owners of site-built homes.
Read More »Nearly Half of All Delinquent Mortgages on Loss Mit Plans
According to the new data released by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, it’s predicted that roughly 2.15 million mortgages are either in forbearance or past due, with an estimated 630,000 of those mortgages still in forbearance as of April ...
Read More »Double-Digit Listing Price Growth Continues
Home prices nationwide rose nearly 20% in February, as buyers tried to get ahead of anticipated rate hikes, led by markets in the South and Southeast.
Read More »RiskSpan Launches Cloud-Based MSR Application
New offering brings on-demand, loan-level cash flow forecasting to the MSR market.
Read More »The Week Ahead: Servicing Industry Meets Government Leaders to Chart Future
The Five Star Government Forum will once again bring together industry stakeholders and their government partners to Washington, D.C. to discuss the mortgage and housing landscape in 2022 and onward.
Read More »Interest Wanes in Second Homes and Investment Properties
Rise in both mortgage rates and loan fees for second homes is driving down interest nationwide in vacation homes nationwide.
Read More »The Exchange: The Way Forward
Larry Cordell, SVP, Risk Assessment, Data Analysis, and Research Group, and Xudong An, AVP, Supervision, Regulation, and Credit, both of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, speak about foreclosure trends as borrowers continue exiting forbearance.
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.
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