http://www.nationalmortgagenews.com/feeds/MSN.xml Daily headlines from Mortgage Servicing News en Copyright 2009, SourceMedia, Inc. and Mortgage Servicing News. All rights reserved. Fri, 3 Jul 2009 18:47:01 EDT andras.malatinszky@sourcemedia.com http://www.mortgageservicingnews.com/images/msn.gif http://www.mortgageservicingnews.com/ 375 78 http://www.mortgageservicingnews.com/plus/ The California State Teachers' Retirement System is searching for a master servicer for its home loan program. 2009-07-02 12:00:08 http://www.mortgageservicingnews.com/plus/ Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have received the green light from their regulator to refinance underwater homeowners with loan-to value ratios as high as 125%. 2009-07-02 12:00:00 http://www.mortgageservicingnews.com/plus/ Less than three in 10 mortgages that were modified by servicers in the first quarter of 2008 are still current, according to a new "mortgage metrics" report released by the Comptroller of the Currency. 2009-07-01 12:00:04 http://www.mortgageservicingnews.com/plus/ The number of completed loan modifications has fallen in April and May as servicers put more loans through a 90-day trial period as required by the Obama administration's Home Affordable Modification program. 2009-07-01 12:00:03 http://www.mortgageservicingnews.com/plus/ Freddie Mac's board of directors has selected Charles E. Haldeman Jr., a top executive at Putnam Investments, to be its next chief executive, according to a source familiar with the matter. 2009-07-01 12:00:00 http://www.mortgageservicingnews.com/plus/ Genworth Financial Inc., Richmond, Va., has priced the initial public offering of its Canadian mortgage insurance subsidiary, revealing that it hopes to raise up to $730 million (U.S.) 2009-06-30 12:00:07 http://www.mortgageservicingnews.com/plus/ Reverse mortgage subservicer Celink of Lansing is adding between 1,500 to 2,000 new loans per month to its platform, according to company CEO John LaRose. 2009-06-30 12:00:06 http://www.mortgageservicingnews.com/plus/ The deterioration of the mortgage market and rising foreclosures and delinquencies is expected to cause increasing losses on billions of dollars of mortgage-backed securities being held by corporate credit unions, according to the National Credit Union Administration. 2009-06-30 12:00:05 http://www.mortgageservicingnews.com/plus/ House prices fell by only 0.6% from March to April, according to the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-city house price index, signaling that home values may be stabilizing. 2009-06-30 12:00:03 http://www.mortgageservicingnews.com/plus/ The General Accountability Office is urging the Department of Housing and Urban Development to increase its monitoring of housing counselors who provide information about FHA reverse mortgages to senior citizens. 2009-06-30 12:00:02