Servicing

Home Affordable Modification Program mods will qualify for the 50% risk-weight bucket.

Sabal Financial Group CEO Pat Jackson sees niche business growth opportunity within the third-party servicing space.

Nationstar’s revised loss reporting related to principal forbearance loan modifications will have what Fitch calls “marginal rating implications” on some residential mortgage-backed securities that already have very low ratings.

There were nine Mortgage Industry Equity Composite members which closed lower and eight which closed higher.

Housing bubbles in the future can be prevented or limited by targeting policies to specific metropolitan areas, a research paper from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy claims.

The Bank of the Ozarks will be opening a commercial real estate loan production office in New York.

Home Loan Servicing Solutions and HLSS Management have entered into a senior secured term loan facility agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank.

There has not been a great deal of buzz surrounding the CFPB complaint database thus far, but servicers could gain valuable perspective simply by understanding the process.

The Federal Housing Administration has quietly extended its special forbearance program.

Ballard Spahr’s long-term expansion goals have now led to the creation of Ballard Spahr Stillman & Friedman in New York.