Servicing

Post-closing document management has taken on new importance in the mortgage industry, particularly in light of record foreclosure volume, the robo-signing scandal and subsequent regulations and scrutiny.

Mortgage fraud risk through the end of 2012 is at its highest level in three years.

Commercial mortgage real estate investment trust iStar Financial Inc. lost $87 million in 4Q12 and $273 million for the full year.

Radian is looking to sell up to 30 million shares of its common stock.

Special servicer Wingspan Portfolio Advisors reached an agreement with JPMorgan Chase to acquire its mortgage servicing operation in Florida.

As the overseer of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the Federal Housing Finance Agency has a duty to safeguard taxpayer dollars.

Since 2007 when the volume of delinquent mortgage loans increased to unprecedented levels, while surprised and unprepared, servicers started to reinvent their business and adjust to the new reality.

We're hearing in the last few years, private equity, hedge funds and Wall Street types have eyed the distressed housing market for buying opportunities.

All but two of the member stocks of the Mortgage Industry Equity Composite sank on Monday along with the rest of the market as investors reacted to uncertainty in the market, including the results of the Italian election.

Lenders will handle an estimated 1.5 million maturing lines of credit per year in the next several years.