Servicing

The government-sponsored enterprises and compliance regulations have always driven market changes.

Examining the arguments, both pro and con regarding advising consumers to refinance right now.

There was a drop of 10 basis points during July in the aggregate value of the commercial real estate loans priced by DebtX, Boston, used as collateral for securities.

Standard & Poor’s Corp. said it could change up to 744 U.S. and Canadian commercial mortgage-backed securities ratings.

Simple messages communicated repeatedly over multiple mediums yield the most successful communication strategies.

Now that California has codified the national mortgage servicing settlement, are other attorneys general going to “follow the leader” and enact this type of legislation within their state?

Walter Investment Management, which controls subservicer Green Tree Financial, has added Reverse Mortgage Solutions to its stable of residential finance firms.

There is a movement toward retaining servicing rights benefits. It involves originators and the wider mortgage industry.

Since the housing bust began in earnest in 2008, mortgage related stocks, for the most part, have hemorrhaged in price, according to an analysis conducted by National Mortgage News.

A prominent consumer group is bothered that the top five mortgage servicers are stressing short sales under the $25 billion national mortgage settlement when the goal is to keep borrowers in their homes.