Servicing

GTJ Consulting decided to utilize SecureView on all of the vacant firehouses to not only help the properties sell for a high price, but also avoid blighting the affected neighborhood.

1st Mariner Bancorp saw its mortgage origination volume increase 56% in the first quarter on a year-over-year basis.

Wells Fargo has upgraded to $3.2 million a fund designated to compensate African-American and Hispanic borrowers in Philadelphia who allegedly suffered from predatory lending practices.

National housing affordability remained near historic highs through the first quarter.

U.S. households reduced debt during the first quarter by 1% to the lowest level since 2006.

Mortgage fraud is a problem that servicers and lenders have dealt with for a long time and it does not seem to be going away anytime soon

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced on May 7 plans to sue Bank of America and Wells Fargo for allegedly violating their obligations under the national mortgage servicing settlement.

Effective immediately, Freddie Mac servicers can offer delinquent borrowers a streamlined loan modification that can provide payment relief more quickly and with less paperwork than a standard modification.

The supply of foreclosed homes and REOs is dwindling quickly and probably has already peaked.

Fitch has released a presale report on GS Securities Trust 2013-GCJ12, a commercial mortgage-backed securities deal secured by interests in a loan pool almost $1.2 billion in size.