While underwater mortgages continue to improve throughout the U.S., ATTOM's 2023 U.S. Home Equity & Underwater Report revealed nearly half of all mortgaged properties were considered equity-rich in Q3, despite experiencing the largest quarterly decrease since 2019. Here’s what else the report reveals.
Read More »Zombie Foreclosures Are Still Very Much a Thing
The number of vacant properties sits at well over 1.2 million dwellings amid a serious inventory crunch. Click through to find out what percentage of vacant homes are considered “zombie properties.”
Read More »September Delinquency Rate Experiences YoY Rise
ICE data shows a year-over-year rise of 13 basis points year over year, marking only the second—and largest—annual increase in the past 2.5 years.
Read More »REO Agents to Share Some Scares
An upcoming webinar presented by Five Star’s FORCE group will explore a number of horror stories told by experienced REO agents, and the lessons learned from these perilous tales.
Read More »Florida Court Hears Foreclosure Case Despite a Notice of Removal to Federal Court
Attorney Kathleen Achille examines a recent Florida Circuit Court case where the lender was allowed to proceed with its foreclosure case in a state trial court, even with the borrowers’ notice of removal to federal court.
Read More »U.S. Foreclosure Filings Up 28% in Q3
With the nation’s highest foreclosure rates found in the states of New Jersey, South Carolina, and Delaware, ATTOM reports a near 30% quarter-over-quarter rise in third quarter default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions, approaching levels seen before the pandemic.
Read More »Is the Mortgage Servicing Space in Need of a Reset?
A new white paper challenges the notion of disruption in the mortgage space, and how the utilization of proper software can bring this idea to fruition.
Read More »GSEs Sell Off $30B of Non-Performing Loans
Between the non-performing loan sales program’s inception in 2014 and the end of 2022, the GSEs have sold off a collective $30 billion in loans to the private sector.
Read More »Banks, Climate Change, and Credit; A New Perspective
New commentary from DBRS Morningstar highlights how the company looks at banks’ management of climate-related risks—in particular, from a credit perspective.
Read More »Overcoming Communication Hurdles in the Default Servicing Space
When it comes to wading through a sea of industry jargon, there is no larger ocean to navigate than the default servicing industry, and an upcoming webinar hosted by Legal League will help assist in improving the communication gap between attorneys and servicers.
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