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But the volume of activity for distressed properties is still lower than the historic norms, Attom Data Solutions said.

The case brought by the Westchester, New York District Attorney alleged the perpetrators stole three properties from distressed owners and unlawfully obtained $1.5 million of fix-and-flip financing.

Construction is heating up, but just 40% of new units are single-family residential properties, the firm's data analytics arm said.

After a Supreme Court ruling, forgiveness for education debt looks unlikely but some of those exiting forbearance for it get a year-long break on credit and fees that could be helpful.

There's quite a bit of inventory out there that would have otherwise been returned to the market but for unduly harsh political theater writes the CEO of the National REO Brokers Association.

Measures commonly used may not fully account for regional variations like those seen recently, a working paper by Federal Housing Finance Agency staff finds.

This agreement comes approximately one month after the REIT agreed to buy Arlington Asset Investment.

The payment supplement partial claim the Federal Housing Administration proposed could be effective but not as is, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association and two other groups.

In 2021, Black and Hispanic homeowners were most prone to have suspended payments, but by 2023 they were just as likely to have resumed them as other groups, a study found.

The decision was announced shortly after industry players commented on the Federal Housing Finance Agency's proposed expansion of the document's use.