The ATTOM third-quarter 2023 U.S. Home Affordability Report revealed median-priced single-family homes and condos are less affordable compared with historical averages in 99% of counties where the firm had enough data to analyze.
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CoreLogic: Mortgage Delinquencies Remain Near Record Low in July
CoreLogic, Irvine, Calif., released its Loan Performance Insights through July, revealing strong performance–overall delinquencies were 2.7%, still near a record low.
Servicing Quote Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023
“Prospective homebuyers’ budgets continue to be impacted by the combination of high home prices and mortgage rates that remain higher than 7 percent.”
–Edward Seiler, MBA Associate Vice President of Housing Economics and Executive Director of the Research Institute for Housing America.
BSI Financial Services’ Allen Price: How Digital-First Subservicers Are Revolutionizing Servicing
While mortgage origination has experienced massive improvements through digital technology, the same has not always been true for the servicing side of the business.
FHFA: GSEs Completed 47,370 Foreclosure Prevention Actions During Second Quarter
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac completed 47,370 foreclosure prevention actions during the second quarter, raising the total number of homeowners helped to 6.8 million since the conservatorships started in 2008, the Federal Housing Finance Agency reported.
Black Knight: First Look August Delinquency Numbers Positive
Black Knight, Jacksonville, Fla., released its First Look at its August Mortgage Monitor, finding that the delinquency rate improved yet again, but gains are slowing. That, Black Knight said, might suggest delinquency rates are reaching cycle lows.
ACES: Critical Defect Rate Down for Q1 2023
ACES Quality Management, Denver, reported the overall critical defect rate for the first quarter of 2023 was 1.78%. That’s down 3.26% from the previous quarter, and the second straight quarter of declines.
BSI Financial Services’ Allen Price: How Digital-First Subservicers Are Revolutionizing Servicing
While mortgage origination has experienced massive improvements through digital technology, the same has not always been true for the servicing side of the business. On the whole, mortgage servicers are not typically known for being particularly innovative or technology driven.
ATTOM: Home Flipping Drops in Q2
(Image courtesy of ATTOM) ATTOM, Irvine, Calif., found home flipping activity fell in the second quarter. Per its second-quarter 2023 U.S. Home Flipping Report, 8% of single-family homes and condominiums were …
Servicing Quote Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023
“While the overall critical defect rate is trending in the right direction, there are several key areas of concern that will require lenders to remain vigilant to ensure defects continue heading southward, especially as the GSEs and agencies continue to increase their scrutiny of lenders’ production quality.”
–Nick Volpe, Executive Vice President of ACES Quality Management