Servicing

The CFPB has at least six active investigations into servicers amid concerns that defaulted borrowers will not get foreclosure relief if their loan is bought and transferred to a new servicer.

Black Knight Financial Services Inc., a mortgage-technology company formed from businesses previously owned by Lender Processing Services Inc., filed for a $100 million initial public offering.

As the mortgage industry heads into the New Year, National Mortgage News is taking a look at the biggest trends and topics that will shape 2015.

The Servicing Trailblazer Award acknowledges a servicer or vendor initiative, product or platform that uses technology to optimize mortgage portfolio management and ensures efficient communication with borrowers, investors and the mortgage servicing support industry. Learn about this year's finalists and see who won the 2014 MT Award.

Remember when nobody wanted to touch U.S. subprime-mortgage debt? That's just a distant memory as they deliver some of the bond market's best returns.

Radian Group Inc. agreed to sell its bond guarantor to Assured Guaranty Ltd. for $810 million to free up capital as the company prepares for tighter oversight of mortgage insurance.

Investor confidence in Ocwen Financial was clearly shaken Monday after New York state regulators forced the firm's founder out as part of a $150 million settlement.

A group of 17 Congressional Democrats sent a letter to Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro, calling for more foreclosure protections for Home Equity Conversion Mortgage borrowers' spouses.

Payments on mortgages that have passed the 60-days-late mark have seen a "material drop" from their recession-era peak, but have not returned to "normal" levels yet. They're getting closer, though.

Corporate landlords are benefiting from the worst rental-housing shortage in more than a decade as construction trails demand and more Americans opt to lease rather than buy.