Tag Archives: Rick Sharga

ATTOM, along with its subsidiary RealtyTrac, has released its latest Foreclosure Market Report for February which has found that there was a total of 25,833 properties with foreclosure filings against them, up 11% from January (which saw 23,204 filings) and up 129% ...

ATTOM released its first-quarter 2022 Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure Report showing 1.4 million residential properties throughout the U.S. are vacant. Although foreclosures continue to rise, overall vacancy rates have decreased in 38 states from Q1 of 2021 to Q1 ...

On February 16, the Five Star Institute will present a complimentary webinar focusing on how an empathetic approach to the forbearance process can promote customer loyalty.

In a recent DS News-hosted webinar, housing experts discuss delinquency, strategies around exiting forbearance, and the projected status of the housing market for 2022.

In next week's "Reflections and Projections" webinar, Rick Sharga and Ed Delgado will look back on 2021 and discuss how the industry must conform to changes in compliance, the marketplace, and the needs of customers to properly prepare for the coming year.

As we approach the dawn of 2022, DS News spoke with industry experts about the challenges and opportunities mortgage servicing faces in a post-pandemic environment.

A new study has found that one in 75 homes nationwide were considered zombie properties in the fourth quarter of 2021, with counts likely to rise as national foreclosure moratoria end.

Investors are buying up more real estate and paying less for it, as a new report finds investors now account for 15% of all residential property purchases.

The first bits of foreclosure data are starting to come through after the federal government’s foreclosure moratorium expired July 31 and the numbers are not as bad as some experts were predicting at the start of the moratorium.  ATTOM, a real-estate data company, released its Q3 2021 U.S. Foreclosure ...

The 2021 Five Star Conference and Expo kicked off Sunday with the FORCE Rally and reception for members of Five Star's Federation of REO Certified Experts group. The session was hosted by Continental Realtors and co-hosted by RealtyTrac, whose EVP Rick Sharga delivered the keynote address.  ...