Generation Z is beginning to enter the housing market and pay mortgages of their own. In order to prepare, servicers must address their unique needs.
Category: News and Trends

Don’t Get Caught Without the Right Bench Strength: Risks All Servicers Face When Insourcing Hazard Insurance Claims
The last decade has been good to the mortgage industry. In fact, we have gone an entire decade without a recession. Following the last mortgage crisis of 2008 that brought the entire industry to its knees, we have seen a strong return with high home values and vibrant lending and origination activity.

Bill Neville of LoanLogics on Regtech and Data Analytics: Past, Present and Future
Bill Neville is CEO of LoanLogics, Trevose, Pa., responsible for overseeing all company operations, technology and software development, and leading the strategies that continue the company’s growth as a regtech technology provider. In addition to his executive role, he is also a member of LoanLogics’ Board of Directors.

Black Knight First Look: Mortgage Delinquencies Fall to Lowest Level on Record
Black Knight, Jacksonville, issued its First Look Mortgage Monitor, reporting mortgage delinquencies fell by more than 5% in January, hitting their lowest level on record dating back to 2000.

ATTOM: Home Prices in Opportunity Zones See Annual Increases
ATTOM Data Solutions, Irvine, Calif., said nearly half of Opportunity Zones saw median home prices rise more than the national increase of 9.4 percent from fourth quarter 2018 to fourth quarter 2019.

Bill Neville of LoanLogics on Regtech and Data Analytics: Past, Present and Future
Bill Neville is CEO of LoanLogics, Trevose, Pa., responsible for overseeing all company operations, technology and software development, and leading the strategies that continue the company’s growth as a regtech technology provider. In addition to his executive role, he is also a member of LoanLogics’ Board of Directors.

January Housing Starts Down, But Outlook Good
Housing starts started the year on a down note, HUD and the Census Bureau reported yesterday, but the pace remained solid, analysts said.

MBA Chart of the Week: Mortgage Delinquency and Foreclosure Rates
Last week MBA released its latest National Delinquency Survey for the fourth quarter. Mortgage delinquencies track closely to the U.S. unemployment rate, and with unemployment at historic lows, it’s no surprise to see so many households paying their mortgage on time.

Mortgage Applications Down in MBA Weekly Survey
The 2020 honeymoon couldn’t last forever: after a blazing start to the new year, mortgage applications finally took a downturn this week in the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending February 14.

Encouraging Signs for Black, Latinx Homeownership Rates
After hitting historic lows during the Great Recession, African American homeownership in the U.S. has rebounded promisingly, said Zillow, Seattle, marking what it suggested was “perhaps the start of a recovery.”