Amilda Dymi

The weak economy throughout the state of Florida is affecting the bond financing of multifamily projects.

Moody’s noted that improvements in the apartment market have dissipated in recent months after the index soared to roughly 140.

Housing markets are showing credible signs of a revival that still is “in the early innings,” according to the State of the Nation’s Housing 2012 report released by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University.

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston is teaming up bank employees with student volunteers from Bike & Build, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to construct affordable housing across the nation through cross-country bicycle trips that benefit affordable housing developers.

Experian’s research data show over 20 million underbanked consumers may be eligible for financial products normally reserved for prime credit prospects.

More than 1.3 million people received assistance from a foreclosure mitigation counseling program.

Mortgage default risk is adjusting to precrisis levels. Almost.

The UFA Default Risk Index for the second quarter of 2012 increased slightly to 120 from last quarter’s revised 119 that was based on the UFA baseline macro scenario.

A federal judge ruled in favor of two investors involved in litigation against Bank of America offering an alternative insiders see as self-help in mitigating conflicts of interest between lenders and investors of asset-backed commercial paper.

A federal judge has ruled in favor of two investors involved in litigation against Bank of America.

The approaching hurricane season could damage roughly four million residential properties whose estimated value exceeds $700 billion.

Multiplying federal and state regulation has triggered the issuance of new rules and requirements further down the chain at the local level and is pressuring mortgage banks to find new ways to stay in compliance.

A higher number of conduit loans that back U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities are being liquidated, and at a lower average loss severity rate. But as special servicers try to manage vintage deals more losses are expected this year and the next.

Lenders and servicers must meet Fannie’s requirement to satisfy homeowners-association claims on certain distressed properties by July 1 in order to preserve their first-lien position.

Multiplying federal and state regulation that has triggered the issuance of new rules and requirements further down the chain at the local level is mounting pressure on mortgage banks in search of new ways to conduct mortgage loan reviews and ensure they stay in compliance.

Property valuation compliance requirements are challenging lenders and servicers as much as home price fluctuations.

Regulatory pressures have given the mortgage industry headaches along with a renewed motivation to create more efficient solutions.

As Fannie Mae's July 1 deadline approaches, lenders and servicers must meet the GSE's requirement to satisfy homeowners association claims in order to preserve their first lien position.

Regulators’ efforts to strengthen the oversight of the shadow U.S. banking system, which plays an important role in mortgage-backed securities financing, appear to be paying off.

Up to 90% of the borrowers underwater are current and continue to pay their mortgage on time.