Auction.com, Irvine, Calif., said completed foreclosure auctions in the third quarter increased by 16 percent from the previous quarter and by 89 percent from a year ago to a new pandemic high.
Tag: Foreclosures
CFPB Report Finds ‘Wide-Ranging Violations of Law’ in 2020
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau this week issued a report highlighting legal violations identified by the Bureau’s examinations in 2020.
Black Knight First Look: Early-Stage Delinquencies Improve, Serious Past-Due Loans Rise
Black Knight, Jacksonville, Fla., issued its monthly First Look Mortgage Monitor, reporting the divergence between early-stage delinquencies and seriously past-due mortgages continues to widen as fewer delinquent loans cured to current status in August.
Black Knight: Mortgage Delinquencies Improve for the First Time Since January; Serious Delinquencies Surge to 9-Year High
Black Knight, Jacksonville, Fla., said after rising from 3.2% in January to 7.8% in May, the national delinquency rate improved for the first time in five months, falling to 7.6% in June as the overall number of past-due mortgages declined by 98,000.
MBA Reports Rise in 1st Quarter Mortgage Delinquencies
Mortgage delinquencies rose in the first quarter as the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic began to take hold, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported this morning.
FHFA, HUD Suspend Foreclosures/Evictions for 60 Days
HUD and the Federal Housing Finance Agency last week suspended foreclosures and evictions for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and FHA mortgages for at least the next 60 days amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Auction.com: Most Default Servicers Expect 2020 Foreclosures to Increase
Auction.com, Irvine, Calif., said its 2020 Default Servicing Insights report found while most respondents said they do not expect an economic recession in 2020, two-thirds expect their foreclosure and REO inflow to increase and 89 percent expect an increase in foreclosure and REO inflow from government-insured loans.
HUD Proposes Enhancements to CWCOT Procedures
HUD, in a draft Mortgagee Letter, proposes to enhance FHA’s Claims Without Conveyance of Title (CWCOT) procedures, a development welcomed by the Mortgage Bankers Association.
ATTOM: November Foreclosure Activity Down 10% from October, 6% from Year Ago
ATTOM Data Solutions, Irvine, Calif., reported U.S. foreclosure activity fell by 10 percent in November from October and by 6 percent from a year ago.
Auction.com: More than Half of Foreclosure Buyers ‘Mom and Pop’ Investors
As the foreclosure crisis from earlier this decade wanes, the profile of purchasers of foreclosed properties has shifted away from larger investment operations to “mom and pop” investors, said Auction.com, Irvine, Calif.