Digital Mortgage 2020

The notice of proposed rulemaking was mandated by the Dodd-Frank regulatory relief act passed in 2018.

A bevy of housing advocates spoke against President Trump's threat to remove the Affirmatively Further Fair Housing Rule, a regulation that aims to end racial segregation.

The mortgage insurer is receiving $528 million of coverage in the event of defaults in a $44 billion loan pool.

While the new employment numbers bode well for housing and loan performance in the short term, concerns abound regarding how the unemployment rate and furloughs could affect prospects for the business later.

As the country wrestles economic volatility, millennial homeownership demand rises, fueled by historically low mortgage rates.

Mortgage insurers had been operating under the belief that rules pertaining to natural disaster delinquencies apply with COVID-19, but now it's in writing.

The nonprofit, formed with the encouragement of government agencies to address borrower hardships in 2007, uses a model that has been challenged by the current crisis.

The government agency's restrictions on issuer options for pooling loans go into effect immediately. Here's one thing it could mean for the secondary market.

Lenders and servicers' biggest pandemic challenges revolve around clarity for loan eligibility and understanding options for their borrowers once the forbearance period ends.

Andy Peach is leaving after less than a year in the top spot.

If the transaction does not go through, Genworth is looking at reviving a spin-out of its U.S. mortgage insurance business.

The company formally reported a nearly $65 million loss in the first quarter as the coronavirus affected its operations in March.

Compared with the week prior, approximately 83,000 more loans from all investor types became forborne.

Nonbank servicers have been seeking more sources of cash since the coronavirus disrupted markets and elevated forbearance rates. These are some strategies they may be able to use.

Video conferencing might replace some in-person meetings even after people can go back out on the road again.

With more real estate and mortgage companies moving to a digital process, volume expectations in the face of coronavirus restrictions shot way up in May compared to April.

For potential higher-end homebuyers, the pandemic was merely a pause, but for those seeking affordable properties — often people of color — it created yet another barrier.

Government-sponsored enterprise reform could be one hurdle to future innovation.

Whatever path Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac take, the Mortgage Bankers Association would like to see them preserve many of the changes they made while in government conservatorship.

The number of loans going into coronavirus-related forbearance dropped, with the growth rate falling 7 basis points between June 8 and June 14, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.