Improvements in the nation’s jobs numbers have increased the number of forbearance exits as estimated total of just one million homeowners remain in forbearance plans.
Read More »Clarifire Partners With Freddie Mac to Streamline Servicing Workouts
Workflow automation platform integrates with Freddie Mac’s Resolve to save mortgage servicers time and cost reduction in the workout decisioning process.
Read More »Forbearance Exits Continue to Rise as Re-Entries Decline
The share of homeowners in forbearance continues to slide week-after-week, dropping this week to 2.89% of servicers’ volume, with nearly 1.4 million nationwide currently in plans.
Read More »Tallying Foreclosure Prevention Actions
The GSEs, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, completed nearly 20,000 foreclosure prevention actions in February 2018, according to the latest Foreclosure Prevention Report issued by the FHFA. The exact total of foreclosure prevention actions for February 2018 came to 19,932. ...
Read More »Making Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief Permanent
United States tax policy has been in the spotlight in recent months, with President Trump signing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act into law in December, and experts debating what the long-term impact of the bill will be ever since. ...
Read More »The Long Road to Recovery for Ohio and Foreclosures
Ohio was at the forefront of the housing crisis that the nation has been working to recover from for the past decade. According to a 2016 report by Policy Matters Ohio, there were 40,479 new foreclosure filings in Ohio in ...
Read More »More Consumers Seek Loan Modifications
Consumers sought more non-foreclosure solutions, such as loan modifications, short sales, deed in lieu, and workout plans, for January 2017. These approximated 102,000, compared to 26,000 foreclosure sales.
Read More »Distressed Sales May Reach “Normal” By 2017
The total distressed sales for April 2016 fell again this month and if the current year-over-year decrease in the distressed sales share continues, it will reach that "normal" 2-percent mark in mid-2017.
Read More »Foreclosure Alternatives Grow to New Heights in May
Foreclosure alternatives continued to outpace foreclosure sales by nearly four to one and shows the wide range of options available to homeowners in both the short and long term.
Read More »When Will Distressed Sales ‘Normalize’?
Since hitting their peak in January 2009, the percentage of REO and short sales that make up all residential home sales has been steadily declining. At what point will it reach its "normal" pre-crisis level?
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