Category: News and Trends

Black Knight Financial Services, Jacksonville, said homeowners with negative equity fell below two million for the first time since 2006.

Fitch Ratings, New York, said Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s efforts to manage and verify data have improved the overall mortgage underwriting process.

The Mortgage Bankers Association released a new MBANow video featuring MBA Director of Loan Administration Justin Wiseman, who discusses updates to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s servicing rule.

The Mortgage Bankers Association and other industry trade groups sent a letter to the Federal Housing Finance Agency asking for an extension to respond to a proposal to improve language access in mortgage lending and servicing.

The Mortgage Bankers Association released a new MBANow video featuring MBA Director of Loan Administration Justin Wiseman, who discusses updates to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s servicing rule.

The Mortgage Bankers Association released a new MBANow video featuring MBA Director of Loan Administration Justin Wiseman, who discusses updates to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s servicing rule.

WASHINGTON, D.C.–Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., never wanted to know as much about housing finance as he does now.

CoreLogic, Irvine, Calif., said mortgage credit risk ticked up slightly in the first quarter but noted it remains at “normal” baselines for such risk.

WASHINGTON, D.C.–If the political atmosphere here in Washington seems a bit fractious, that’s because it is. But it doesn’t mean things are at a standstill.

Commercial mortgage-backed securities lenders are shifting their attention–and their capital–to some alternative U.S. markets, reported Trepp, New York.