Servicing

We're hearing a lot about rising single-family asset values, but whether home prices really are appreciating depends on where the assets are.

In part due to a favorable interest rate environment U.S. mortgage REIT stocks outperformed the broader equity market.

Institutional investors of all sizes are reportedly amassing billions of dollars in capital they plan to invest in renting unsold real estate owned inventory.

Consumers in Nevada who face foreclosure, who would like loan modifications or whose homes are underwater, now have a toll-free telephone number they can call to connect with a counselor.

Houlihan Lokey, an investment banking firm, has acquired Milestone Advisors, whose clientele includes mortgage bankers.

Fargo, N.D.-based Bell State Bank & Trust has agreed to acquire The Business Bank and its Prime Mortgage division, both based in Minneapolis.

Thirty-year conventional prepayment speeds increased 4% in December from the previous month.

During December, Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp. had $2.2 billion of primary new insurance written, similar to November.

Nationstar Mortgage Holdings’ acquisition of $215 billion in mortgage servicing rights from Bank of America will double the size of its servicing portfolio.

The country's largest undercapitalized bank, U.S. Century Bank of Doral, Fla., raised $30 million in December through the sale of three loans.