The Mortgage Bankers Association’s latest Forbearance and Call Volume Survey said loans now in forbearance increased just slightly, to 8.55% of servicers’ portfolio volume as of June 7 compared to 8.53% the prior week. MBA now estimates 4.3 million homeowners are in forbearance plans.
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Fed: No Rate Hike Until ‘at Least 2022’
The Federal Open Market Committee yesterday offered cautious hope for an economic turnaround following the body-slam brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. But it soberly noted the economic recovery could take some time.

MBA Survey: Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Slows to 8.53%
The Mortgage Bankers Association’s latest Forbearance and Call Volume Survey reported loans now in forbearance increased to 8.53% of mortgage servicers’ portfolio volume as of May 31, compared to 8.46% the prior week. MBA now estimates nearly 4.3 million homeowners are in forbearance plans.

MBA Survey: Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Slows to 8.53%
The Mortgage Bankers Association’s latest Forbearance and Call Volume Survey reported loans now in forbearance increased to 8.53% of mortgage servicers’ portfolio volume as of May 31, compared to 8.46% the prior week. MBA now estimates nearly 4.3 million homeowners are in forbearance plans.

MBA Survey: Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Increases to 8.53%
The Mortgage Bankers Association’s latest Forbearance and Call Volume Survey reported loans now in forbearance increased to 8.53% of mortgage servicers’ portfolio volume as of May 31, compared to 8.46% the prior week. MBA now estimates nearly 4.3 million homeowners are in forbearance plans.

An Upbeat Jobs Report, Followed by a ‘Misclassification Error’
At 8:30 a.m. on Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics issued a surprising May unemployment report: instead of the 8 million job losses expected by economists’ consensus, the report showed a dramatic 2.5 million increase in jobs, and a 1.4 percent dip in the unemployment rate, from 14.7 percent in April to 13.3 percent. But there was a catch–a huge catch.

MISMO Seeks Participants to Help Reduce Mortgage Servicing Portfolio Risk
MISMO, the mortgage industry standards organization, seeks industry participants to join a Development Work Group to create a new standardized mortgage servicing portfolio risk and retention dataset.

MISMO Seeks Participants to Help Reduce Mortgage Servicing Portfolio Risk
MISMO, the mortgage industry standards organization, seeks industry participants to join a Development Work Group to create a new standardized mortgage servicing portfolio risk and retention dataset.

(#MBA Live) Housing, Mortgage Markets Show Resiliency, Agility
With all that has hit the mortgage industry over the past several months, Mortgage Bankers Association Chief Economist Mike Fratantoni has a positive message for mortgage lenders and servicers: “It seems like the industry has done a fantastic job of finding solutions in this crazy environment,” Fratantoni said yesterday during MBA Live: Technology Solutions Conference.

MISMO Seeks Participants to Help Reduce Mortgage Servicing Portfolio Risk
MISMO, the mortgage industry standards organization, seeks industry participants to join a Development Work Group to create a new standardized mortgage servicing portfolio risk and retention dataset.