LOS ANGELES–Floods; hurricanes; tornados; wildfires; earthquakes; droughts; volcanoes; ice storms; blizzards. Just another day in America.
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Managing Risk for the (Inevitable) Next Disaster
LOS ANGELES–Floods; hurricanes; tornados; wildfires; earthquakes; droughts; volcanoes; ice storms; blizzards. Just another day in America.
Managing Risk for the (Inevitable) Next Disaster
LOS ANGELES–Floods; hurricanes; tornados; wildfires; earthquakes; droughts; volcanoes; ice storms; blizzards. Just another day in America.
Shift to Purchase Market Brings New Mortgage Risks
LOS ANGELES–With the slow, but definite shift from a refinance market to a purchase market, competition for borrowers is at unprecedented highs. And with that, says economist Lynn Fisher, comes a new set of risk for mortgage servicers.
Black Knight: ‘Strong Summer’ Improvement in Delinquencies, But Bracing for Florence Fallout
Black Knight, Jacksonville, Fla., said mortgage delinquencies fell again in August, capping a strong summer that saw the strongest declines since 2000.
Shift to Purchase Market Brings New Mortgage Risks
LOS ANGELES–With the slow, but definite shift from a refinance market to a purchase market, competition for borrowers is at unprecedented highs. And with that, says economist Lynn Fisher, comes a new set of risk for mortgage servicers.
Shift to Purchase Market Brings New Mortgage Risks
LOS ANGELES–With the slow, but definite shift from a refinance market to a purchase market, competition for borrowers is at unprecedented highs. And with that, says economist Lynn Fisher, comes a new set of risk for mortgage servicers.
‘Equity’ a Hot Word
Forget housing starts; forget existing home sales (see story above); forget new home sales. The hot word in housing right now is “equity”–and it’s something a growing number of Americans have as an option.
Ellie Mae: Rising Interest Rates Spur…Refis
It appears that borrowers realize the refinance train is leaving the station.
On Flood Insurance, Puzzling Data
A new Urban Institute paper says too many homeowners lack flood insurance; but those who do have flood insurance often buy it voluntarily-not because it was required by their mortgage lender.