Servicing

The Federal Housing Administration has released its first non-draft update of guidance on which defects it's most concerned about and what to do about them.

Bayview Asset Management and three affiliates settled multistate allegations that their handling of a 2021 data breach failed to meet certain standards.

Slowing home price appreciation caused Milliman's mortgage default index to increase from quarter to quarter.

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods expects a better year for originations than either Fannie Mae or the Mortgage Bankers Association, although volume will remain below the norm.

The CapitalW Collective supplements the work other organizations do by addressing the educational needs of women and others in the specialized portions of the mortgage business.

Newrez's servicing arm approved an "obviously counterfeit" HELOC request from a bad actor totaling almost $500,000, a complaint claims.

Improved digital communications in transfers could help mitigate one growing risk for servicers, which also could face a less friendly rate and credit scenario.

Rithm Capital has been teasing an initial public offering of the mortgage banker for some time, and 2025 is likely to be the year, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods said.

Only 5% of homeowners in designated disaster-assistance areas were required to hold flood insurance, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency's dashboard.

Separate forbearance and government-sponsored enterprise delinquency indicators both reached relatively high levels for the year, but not for the same reason.