The Lede

National Foreclosure Inventory Down 31% from Year Ago

Total Reverses Previous 129-Month Low

Apartment Loans Remain Best-Performing Property Type

For Some Borrowers, Quicker Decision-Making

National Mortgage News, Nov. 9, 2016--McKendry, Ian; Sinnock, Bonnie; Finkelstein, Brad Housing was the talk of the campaign two presidential elections ago, but it stayed under the radar in the 2016 race, leaving plenty of room to speculate about President-elect Donald Trump's likely mortgage policy for the next four years.

National Mortgage News, Nov. 11, 2016--Sinnock, Bonnie; Passy, Jacob Any plans President-elect Donald Trump may have for tax reform don't include cutting the mortgage interest deduction, according to a member of Trump's economic advisory council.

Mortgage Daily, Nov. 14, 2016 The proposed transaction includes MSRs on 7,237 GNMA II residential loans that had a collective outstanding principal balance of $1.819 billion as of Nov. 9.

Reuters, Nov. 14, 2016--Rucker, Patrick An independent study of the financial costs and benefits of Wall Street 'stress tests' could be released as soon as Tuesday and may strengthen calls to reform U.S. banking rules, sources said.

Barron's, Nov. 14, 2016--Stone, Amey Analysts at FBR & Co. expect commercial mortgage real estate investment trusts to be among the beneficiaries of a Trump presidency as interest rates rise.

National Mortgage News, Nov. 14, 2016--Berry, Kate The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's contentious rulemakings on arbitration and payday lending may be in jeopardy with the change in administrations and continued GOP control of Congress.

National Mortgage News, Nov. 14, 2016--McKendry, Ian Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., delivered a blunt message to fellow Democrats on Monday, warning them not to support efforts to restructure the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Philadelphia Inquirer, Nov. 14, 2016--Mondics, Chris President-elect Trump made plain his dislike for the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act financial regulatory law during the campaign and now it appears his administration will move quickly toward making changes.

World Property Journal, Nov. 14, 2016 The Mortgage Bankers Association reports delinquency rates for first mortgages fell to 4.52 percent at the end of the third quarter.

OurBroker.com, Nov. 14, 2016--Miller, Peter G. One of the most-useful financial options in real estate is the FHA 203(k) loan, a handy bit of mortgage magic that deserves a lot more attention than it gets.

GoRion, Nov. 11, 2016--Curry, Kerry The concept of "skin in the game" for residential mortgage-backed securities took on new meaning in the wake of the nation's financial crisis and has important implications in today's secondary market as we begin to see a nascent return to private-label securitization.

Mortgage Daily, Nov. 10, 2016 Although customers who took out a new mortgage are more satisfied this year, a significant share have experienced buyer's remorse.

CNBC, Nov. 10, 2016--Olick, Diana Foreclosures had been falling steadily to the lowest levels in nine years, but a curious spike in October may be the first sign of a crack in the recovery.

Wall Street Journal, Nov. 13, 2016--Carney, John President-elect Donald Trump has said little of what might happen to them; MBA President and CEO David Stevens says "anyone who thinks they know what Trump thinks about Fannie and Freddie is making it up."

Mortgage Daily, Nov. 9, 2016 Allegations that PHH Mortgage Corp. has been deficient in its mortgage origination and servicing practices in New York have been been settled.

Mortgage Orb, Nov. 9, 2016--Caley, Nora When Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac reported their earnings for the third quarter, both reported strong returns, but this was not greeted as particularly good news among mortgage industry observers.

Colorado Real Estate Journal, Nov. 9, 2016--Salzman, Michael Life companies expected a busy 2016, but when commercial mortgage-backed securities interest rates rose, life companies seized the opportunity to invest loan dollars at relatively attractive yields.

National Mortgage News, Nov. 9, 2016--Berry, Kate; McKendry, Ian President-elect Donald Trump might attempt to remove Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray from his post and boost legislative efforts to weaken its powers.

National Mortgage News, Nov. 9, 2016--Passy, Jacob The Mortgage Bankers Association is focused on identifying and reaching out to the "key people who are going to be advising the president," said the David Stevens, the group's president and CEO.

Wall Street Journal, Nov. 9, 2016--Andriotis, Annamaria MBA President and CEO David Stevens, CMB, said it is possible that a new attorney general appointed by Donald Trump would scale back these lawsuits, lessening risk of regulatory retaliation and possibly paving the way for big banks to return to FHA lending.

HousingWire, Nov. 8, 2016--Lane, Ben According to PHH, it is set to begin the exit from the private-label business and intends that process to be substantially complete by first quarter 2018.

Mortgage Daily, Nov. 8, 2016 The transaction involves 3,508 Fannie Mae loans with an aggregate principal balance of $789 million.

Bloomberg, Nov. 8, 2016--Stohr, Greg U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled they may divide over the ability of cities to use the Fair Housing Act to sue banks for discriminatory lending practices that contribute to urban blight.