Amilda Dymi

The Dodd-Frank Act has single handedly kept mortgage lenders and servicers on their tiptoes in the past few years and is expected to do the same in 2013.

Certain federal- and state-level regulatory measures are bound to affect how mortgage lender-servicers do business in the Northeast.

Specialized Loan Servicing is opening a new office in Arizona and plans to hire roughly 250 new employees.

Talent, location and good weather brings Specialized Loan Servicing, an independent third-party servicer based in Highlands Ranch, Colo., to open shop in Tempe, Ariz.

A California state agency has redesigned a residential program to fund green upgrades for commercial buildings.

Liz Greenwood, the National Foundation for Credit Counseling 2012 Outstanding Counselor of the Year says it is an honor to help.

Field services are the first step servicers have to consider as they choose foreclosure sales and disposition strategies.

Lender seeks to ease minds of buyers worried about declining home vales.

Nationstar Mortgage Holdings intends to raise up to $300 million through a private placement of unsecured senior notes.

The overall efficiency of servicers working on delinquent subprime loans improved modestly during the second quarter, reinforcing a recent trend that is likely to continue.

Altisource Portfolio Solutions has replaced its GoHoming online real estate marketplace with Hubzu.com.

The strong recovery in commercial real estate prices that commenced in early 2010 continues, albeit it “has lost steam over the last three quarters.”

Old Line Bancshares Inc. has acquired WSB Holdings Inc. following a merger agreement that creates one of the largest banks serving the Maryland area.

New computer software designed to help people pay off their mortgage, get out of debt and automate debt consolidation is coming to the U.S. from New Zealand.

Data show the vast majority of pre-retirees and older workers are overburdened by mortgage debt and other modern era expenses.

Distressed asset liquidation timelines will continue to coerce the decision making process for both lender-servicers and homeowners.

Demand for foreclosed properties is heating up in certain markets where the supply is shrinking at increased speed.

Government entities, investors and lenders are embracing efforts to minimize foreclosure related losses by keeping properties occupied.

Bankers are mounting their support for national efforts to build up a much-needed financial literacy foundation.

Alternative resolutions continue to drive a national decrease in the number of completed foreclosures.