MISMO, the real estate finance industry’s standards organization, announced it is seeking public comment through June 28, 2025, on the Automated Valuation Model Common Confidence Score Standard and Guidance.
Category: News and Trends
ACES: Critical Defect Rate for Q4 2024 Drops
ACES Quality Management, Denver, saw the overall critical defect rate for Q4 2024 drop to 1.16%, the second lowest level since ACES began compiling the report.
ICE First Look: Foreclosure Activity Creeps Up
Intercontinental Exchange Inc., Atlanta, released its First Look at April 2025 data, finding that the national delinquency rate is up to 3.22%–up 1 basis point from March and 13 basis points from April 2024.
MBA Premier Member Editorial: A Diminished CFPB–How Will States Respond?
Asurity’s Jonas Hoerler and Diane Jenkins write that with the scaling back and refocusing of the CFPB, the financial services industry is left with uncertainty about what the future holds.
BofA: 60% of Homeowners, Prospective Buyers Uncertain About Housing Market
Uncertainty among current homeowners and prospective buyers has reached a three-year high, with 60% unsure whether now is a good time to buy a home, compared to 48% two years ago, Bank of America reported.
Cotality: Hurricane Risk Distorting Property Markets in Unexpected Places
More than 33 million homes across the United States face hurricane wind risk–including many in areas that are not fully prepared to weather the storms–a new report from Cotality finds.
Servicing Quote of the Week
“MBA has been a fierce advocate for distressed veteran homeowners, working with a bipartisan group of lawmakers, Veterans Affairs (VA) staff, and our members to help keep them in their homes since the VA’s previous loss mitigation solution was terminated during the pandemic without a replacement.”
–MBA’s President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB
MBA Applauds House Passage of VA Partial Claims Bill
MBA’s President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB, released a statement on the passage of the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act (H.R. 1815) in the U.S. House of Representatives.
An MSR Update from MIAC Analytics
The U.S. Treasury 10-year closed April at 4.17%, from 4.23% at the end of March. Despite the slight downtick in rates, investor demand for MSRs remains strong, with select offerings clearing at mid to high 6x execution multiples.
Protecting CRE Servicing from Fraud
HOLLYWOOD, FLA.–Keeping ahead of fraudulent activity is essentially a full-time function for mortgage servicers, panelists said here at MBA’s Commercial/Multifamily Finance Servicing and Technology Conference.