The Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) monthly Loan Monitoring Survey revealed that the total number of loans now in forbearance decreased by 1 basis point from 0.23% of servicers’ portfolio volume in the prior month to 0.22% as of Jan. 31, 2024.
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Redfin: Investors Bought Bigger Share of Affordable Homes in Late 2023
Real estate investors bought just over 26% of the low-priced homes that sold in the fourth quarter–the highest share on record, according to Redfin, Seattle.
FHFA to Host Multifamily Insurance Symposium; Agency Official Talks Other 2024 Priorities–#MBACREF24
SAN DIEGO–Amid rising premiums and natural disasters, it’s no surprise that insurance is a big concern for the multifamily industry. With that in mind, the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s Siobhan Kelly announced the agency will hold a multifamily insurance symposium March 13–with both in-person and virtual options–to brainstorm solutions to insurance issues.
MBA Releases 2023 Year-End Commercial/Multifamily Servicer Rankings–#MBACREF24
SAN DIEGO–The Mortgage Bankers Association released its year-end ranking of commercial and multifamily mortgage servicers’ volumes as of December 31, 2023, at its 2024 Commercial/Multifamily Finance Convention and Expo.
LERETA’s John Walsh: Higher Taxes and Insurance Will Surprise Borrowers with Escrow Accounts in 2024. Are Servicers Ready?
While homeowners across the U.S. are celebrating the record-high appreciation in their home values and, as a result, their home equity, servicers are preparing for the other shoe to drop: an accompanying rise in real estate taxes, affecting escrow balances and creating issues for both borrowers and servicers.
ATTOM: California, New Jersey, Illinois Have Highest Concentrations of At-Risk Markets
California, New Jersey and Illinois have the highest concentrations of the most-at-risk markets in the country, according to ATTOM, Irvine, Calif.
MBA Newslink Q&A: Toby Wells, President of Cornerstone Servicing
MBA NewsLink interviewed Cornerstone Servicing President Toby Wells about technology advances that improve default servicing operations and borrower communications.
STRATMOR Group’s Michael Grad: Unlocking Profits from Servicing Assets
With interest rates soaring, most lenders are struggling to generate enough profit from originations to sustain business. And when they are incurring losses with each loan originated, many have turned their attention to mortgage servicing rights for extra revenue.
‘Zombie’ Foreclosures Rise as Lenders Pursue More Delinquent Mortgages: ATTOM
Nearly 1.3 million residential properties in the United States are vacant, according to ATTOM, Irvine, Calif.
MBA NewsLink Q&A: Donna Schmidt of DLS Servicing on the FHA Loss Mitigation Waterfall
MBA NewsLink spoke with DLS Servicing’s Donna Schmidt on the FHA loss mitigation waterfall.