The Mortgage Bankers Association’s latest Forbearance and Call Volume Survey reported loans now in forbearance decreased by 12 basis points to 4.04% of servicers’ portfolio volume as of June 6 from 4.16% the prior week–the 15th consecutive week of declines. MBA estimates 2 million homeowners are in forbearance plans.
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MBA, Real Estate Industry Commend Administration for Recovery Efforts; Call for End to Nationwide Eviction Moratorium
The Mortgage Bankers Association and a broad real estate coalition on Friday commended measures President Biden has taken to stabilize the housing sector and urged the administration to sunset the federal moratorium on evictions on June 30.
Despite Risk, Homes in High-Flood Areas Flying Off the (Continental) Shelves
Hurricane seasons and climate change are threatening to redraw coastal U.S. maps. But it’s not stopping homebuyers from chasing down waterfront properties.
Call for Speakers: MBA Risk Management, QA & Fraud Prevention Forum–Deadline June 29
Full session and individual speaker proposals are now being accepted for the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Risk Management, QA and Fraud Prevention Forum 2021, taking place Sept. 28–29 via MBA LIVE.
Tom Millon, CMB, of Computershare Loan Services on Default Loan Servicing
Tom Millon, CMB, is CEO of Computershare Loan Services US, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
HUD Restores Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Requirement
HUD published an interim final rule on Thursday to restore implementation of the Fair Housing Act’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing requirement, which was discontinued during the Trump Administration.
Homeowners Add $1.9 Trillion in 1Q Equity
Corelogic, Irvine, Calif., said “underwater” (negative equity) homes decreased by 24% year over year in the first quarter, while the average homeowner gained $33,400 in equity year over year.
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“As the Administration continues its support for housing, we urge you to sunset the nationwide federal moratorium on evictions on June 30th and focus on targeted housing support for those renters who continue to recover from the pandemic.”
–From an MBA/trade group letter to the Biden Administration asking for an end to the federal eviction moratorium.
CoreLogic: Strong Improvement in U.S. Mortgage Delinquency Rates
CoreLogic, Irvine, Calif., said just 4.9 percent of all mortgages in the U.S. were in some stage of delinquency, the lowest rate in more than a year.
MBA, Trade Groups Urge Federal Agencies to Continue Alignment of QM/QRM Frameworks
The Mortgage Bankers Association and a half-dozen industry trade groups asked federal regulatory agencies to hold implementation of new credit risk retention guidelines until the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau implements its updated Qualified Mortgage general definition.