Servicing

The total number of homes actually lost to foreclosure fell in August compared to last year.

Freddie Mac seller/servicers can still close and deliver mortgages if the borrower is temporarily out of work or not receiving a paycheck because of the government shutdown.

The former San Juan bioenergy facility, a five-acre oil seed crush plant in Dove Creek, Colo., will sell at a lender-ordered auction on Oct. 8 by Maas Companies.

Because traditional credit scores can be inadequate, more and more lenders should be turning to supplemental FCRA-compliant data to paint a more accurate picture.

As interest rates continue to rise, the mortgage refinance landscape has been severely altered.

Accredited Mortgage Loan REIT Inc. is making a partial liquidating distribution to the holders of its 9.75% Series A Perpetual Cumulative Preferred Stock of $1.50 per share.

Conventional prepayment speeds are roughly 25% slower and Ginnie Mae speeds are down 17% to 19% from the previous month, but this trend could reverse in October.

A mortgage servicer's decision to use batch file or real time integration for their systems is not cut and dry with one method having definitive benefits over the other.

MC Companies completed a deal to add 200 bank-owned townhome units in San Antonio to its portfolio.

Fannie Mae is updating its automated underwriting system so that lenders can report when troubled borrowers completed a preforeclosure sale so they aren’t treated as if they went through foreclosure when they apply for a new mortgage.