Servicing

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday finalized new requirements for mortgage servicers that provide more help to struggling borrowers and add consumer protections when loans are transferred.

Nationstar Mortgage Holdings is still in the red in the second quarter, as mark-to-market adjustments due to interest rate drops more than offset an increase in servicing revenue.

Ocwen Financial Corp. is marketing $500 million of notes backed by reimbursement rights to funds it has advanced on residential mortgages that it services.

Late payments on securitized commercial mortgages ticked higher again in July, for the same reason they did in June: a number of large loans fail to pay off at maturity.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau added its voice Tuesday to a chorus of other regulators in calling for sustainable foreclosure relief when the Home Affordable Modification Program expires at yearend.

The United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union has created the largest refinanceable population in the United States since late 2012, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

Mortgage servicing has a reputation for being cold and impersonal, but companies have the opportunity to put more of a personal touch on their interactions with borrowers by analyzing the wealth of data available to them.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending July 29.

Impac Mortgage Holdings reported a year-over-year drop in net income during the second quarter as a more substantial loss on mortgage servicing rights and costs related to the CashCall Mortgage merger weighed on earnings.

Fannie Mae has released historical performance data on a portion of its modified single-family loans.