With mortgage rates at their highest level since November 2022 and costs for everything from home insurance to maintenance still elevated, mortgage servicer customers are feeling strained, reported J.D. Power, Troy, Mich.
Tag: Mortgage Servicing
Foreclosure Activity Ticks Upward
ATTOM, Irvine, Calif., found a total of 185,580 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings–default notices, scheduled auctions or bank repossessions–between January and June, up 13% from a year ago.
MBA: Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Drops to 0.49% in May
The total number of loans now in forbearance decreased to 0.49% for May from 0.51% of servicers’ portfolio volume in April, the Mortgage Bankers Association’s monthly Loan Monitoring Survey reported.
MBA Comments on HUD COVID-Related Loss Mitigation Report
The HUD Office of the Inspector General issued two audit reports Thursday examining the loss mitigation options that loan servicers provided to borrowers with FHA-insured loans after their COVID-19 forbearance ended.
Fitch: RMBS Servicers Focus on Struggling Borrowers; Delinquencies Remain Flat
Servicers continued to work with struggling homeowners to avoid loan default as delinquent loans remained flat in late 2022, according to Fitch Ratings’ fourth-quarter U.S. RMBS Servicer Metric Report.
Quote: June 16, 2023
“Since the pandemic began in March 2020, mortgage servicers provided payment relief to nearly 8 million borrowers via forbearance. Today, only approximately 255,000 borrowers remain in forbearance, and delinquency rates are near historic lows.”
–Mortgage Bankers Association President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB.
FormFree President Eric Lapin: If You’re Not Using Blockchain in Financial Services, You’re Already Behind
Remember just a few years ago when companies were hesitant to embrace cloud computing? Now, cloud-based strategies are standard industry-wide. I foresee the same destiny for blockchain technologies, and the revolution is already underway.
MBA Education School of Mortgage Servicing Begins July 10
MBA Education presents its School of Mortgage Servicing instructor-guided online course July 10-20. School of Mortgage Servicing presents an overview of the basic servicing functions and the potential compliance risks …
David Allison from Dovenmuehle: Context Is Key in Formulating a Response to Mortgage Default Data
For those who attended MBA’s Servicing Solutions Conference in February, the unveiling of the delinquency data for the fourth quarter of 2022 caused quite a stir.
MBA Chart of the Week May 19, 2023: % of IMBs with Pre-Tax Net Income
Today’s Chart of the Week compares the percentage of companies in the QPR that reported positive pre-tax net income including all lines of business (e.g. production and servicing operations), versus the percentage of companies that reported positive pre-tax net income, once servicing operations are excluded.