Servicing

Many professionals in the mortgage industry are paying close attention to the non-QM market to see if it will indeed provide a path back to subprime loans of the past.

With some proposals still outstanding, mortgage bond market participants are concerned that eminent domain attempts would spread if a municipality makes inroads with a proposal.

Foreclosure inventory fell 26.4% in the month of October compared to the same period last year.

San Francisco may become the biggest U.S. city to use its development powers to help homeowners avoid foreclosure, partnering with another California community whose own plan has come under fire from investors.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development's support for the widow of a home equity conversion mortgage borrower has broad implications for consumers and lenders.

Starwood Waypoint Priced its first securitization of single-family rental property, a $505 million deal backed by some of the oldest homes in this emerging asset class.

The days of megadeals worth tens of billions of dollars for mortgage servicing rights are over.

Borrowers who have made five years of payments on their modified loans will be eligible to earn $5,000 in the next year to reduce their outstanding balance.

Principal reductions for underwater borrowers would cost approximately $89 billion, according to Black Knight.

The Federal Housing Finance Administration has advised private mortgage insurers that it will delay the release of revised capital standards.