Servicing

While flat from a year ago, volumes surged between June and July, with notable increases in both starts and completions, according to Attom.

The Federal Housing Administration may soon complete the modernization of "face-to-face" rules and end a temporary, partial exemption from the original mandate.

Specialized Portfolio Servicing's sale resolves questions about it that arose when UBS bought the troubled Credit Suisse last year.

Issuance of new mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by Ginnie Mae has returned to levels last seen during the year monetary policymakers began raising rates.

The increase in refinance volume in July took place before the mortgage rate collapse in early August that brought the share to over 25%, Optimal Blue data showed.

Risks include pushing debt-to-income ratios too high for qualifying and rising costs leading to defaults, all of which affect the secondary markets.

The financial services regulator believes Mr. Cooper is violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act due to its $25 fee for payoff quote statements.

Soaring insurance costs may add to escrowed funds that servicers can earn money on in some cases, but higher premiums also could lead to affordability issues.

Borrowers are reacting to more media coverage of wider windstorm activity and events like a Tri-State earthquake, experts said.

Crisis-era issues highlight why certain measures like equity and insurance innovations may be good for servicers to have on hand, a new report suggests.