Servicing

Identifying where payment stress is concentrated could help mortgage servicers and federal policymakers prepare for the broader range of loan workouts that will resume this summer.

The company has seen business ramp up as servicers have sought additional help managing escrowed funds following last year’s refi boom.

Rebounding employment brought total forborne mortgages under 2 million, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The $16 billion Champion Mortgage portfolio sale follows Ocwen Financial’s purchase of different assets from MAM a few weeks prior.

The number of GSE-backed and government sponsored loans in forbearance declined, while portfolio and private-label loans increased.

Estimates suggest public funds in aggregate may be adequate to cover arrears and potentially keep many in their homes as the eviction ban ends, but may not be evenly distributed.

The change makes it easier for borrowers exiting forbearance to get access to home retention options that might otherwise be out of reach due to skyrocketing home prices.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency addressed the period between the end of the federal foreclosure moratorium and the beginning of new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau directives as home loan companies expressed relief that requested exemptions from some foreclosure waiting periods were included.

Fewer borrowers are suspending payments for pandemic hardships but some who got back on track are having trouble again, and deadlines could spur a final round of new requests.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a temporary final rule that allows mortgage servicers to initiate foreclosures on abandoned properties and certain delinquent borrowers, but it also outlined additional measures that shield distressed homeowners.