Ahead of this morning’s release of the Mortgage Bankers Association’s 4th Quarter National Delinquency Survey ATTOM, Irvine, Calif., reported 23,204 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions or bank repossessions — up 29 percent from a month ago and 139 percent from a year ago to its highest level since onset of the coronavirus pandemic.

Should mortgage interest rates go higher—and the Mortgage Bankers Association predicts they will hit 4% by the end of the year—home buyers on a fixed budget stand to lose some economic power, said Redfin, Seattle.

Kroll Bond Rating Agency, New York, reported commercial mortgage-backed securities defeasance volume rebounded strongly last year after falling by nearly half in 2020.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency on Wednesday asked for input on its Draft Strategic Plan, which outlines the Agency's priorities for the coming years as regulator of the Federal Home Loan Bank System and as regulator and conservator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.