Servicing

The 90-day foreclosure moratorium applies to homeowners who live in nine states and the District of Colombia where the president issued major disaster declarations.

Housing realities appear to contradict the popular belief that older homeowners can downsize a home to make the mortgage loan and living costs more affordable.

We're hearing the controversial idea that downpayment assistance can be a financially sound endeavor apparently is not dead.

The Treasury Department and members of Congress are preparing to move forward with plans to expand government-backed refinancing programs to underwater homeowners whose loans are packaged in private-label securities.

The members of the Mortgage Insurance Cos. of America had their third best month of 2012 in terms of new insurance written during December.

Foreclosure activity increased last year in more than half of the nation’s metropolitan statistical areas with a population of at least 200,000.

CreXus has agreed to let Annaly Capital Management acquire the rest of the outstanding shares of the company it does not already own for $13 per share in cash.

Lender Processing Services has agreed to pay 44 states and the District of Columbia $121 million to settle claims of unlawful foreclosure practices.

FloodInsights is now offering lenders and others a sinkhole search report for Florida properties.

As the mortgage market increases the use of upfront automated audits to comply with regulation, homeowners are being offered the opportunity to review whether lenders and servicers are up to the task.