Loss Mitigation

The Supporting Veteran Families in Need Act aims to address veteran homelessness, and provide financial support to vets struggling to make ends meet.

Redfin reports that home listings and home sales have bounced back in Florida towns hit by Hurricane Ian last fall, a storm that caused between $41 billion and $70 billion in damage to the area.

At the close of Q1 2023, Homeowner Assistance Fund programs made roughly $3.7 billion in payments to more than 318,000 homeowners at risk of foreclosure–a 50% increase over Q4 2022.

In a recent episode of SitusAMC's On the Hill podcast, host Tim Rood sat down with Five Star Institute Lifetime Achievement Award Wes Iseley of Carrington Holding Company to discuss his 40-year career, his role with Carrington, and his outlook for the housing industry.

New research from CoreLogic indicates that both large and small real estate investors are aware of risks of natural disasters in the red-hot Miami region, where annual storm surges continue to threaten human safety and properties.

New research from FHLBank San Francisco and the Urban Institute investigates ways to reduce mortgage default risk for vulnerable homeowners by utilizing mortgage reserve accounts that could help homeowners overcome temporary hardships, which would benefit Black families, who are more than twice as likely as white families to lose their home to foreclosure.

Overall mortgage performance was on the upswing in the first quarter of 2023, as the OCC reported banks serviced approximately 12 million first-lien residential mortgage loans with $2.7 trillion in unpaid principal balances—representing 22% of all residential mortgage debt outstanding nationwide.

“Investing in our Tribal communities is essential. HUD is committed to ensure support, so these communities have access to essential resources.” said HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge. “The purpose of these grants is to create more equitable outcomes for Tribal residents.”

In addition, a new report notes that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac completed 58,268 foreclosure prevention actions in Q1 2023. Click through to read the other data from the GSEs’ Q1 2023 Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report.

A new report from Insurify projects that home insurance premiums are expected to rise 9% in 2023, led by issues with the nation's supply chain and climate change.