Servicing

Since 2019, distressed loans have increased 77%, but it is just a small portion of the $691 billion currently outstanding.

The proposal by a regulator overseeing government-related loan buyers could cut companies with small infractions off from a key source of business, groups say.

Doug Duncan explains why different players in the market have such contradictory takes on the real estate market right now and how to reconcile their varying outlooks.

The real estate investment trust arm of two affiliate mortgage-related companies could reduce other debt and finance purchases of loans, servicing or securities.

The company allows borrowers to access a multitude of home services, promoting recapture and retention for both real estate firms and mortgage servicing rights inventors.

The impact on things like servicing rights would raise costs even for lenders that aren't banks, according to Mortgage Bankers Association President and CEO Bob Broeksmit. Others disagree.

The mortgages are part of a program that received congressional scrutiny earlier this year.

But at the same time, the publicly traded company is selling off another type of housing finance asset to some large depository institutions.

A continued slowdown in refinances, though, drove overall loan-application volumes lower last week, even as the Government Index posted a small gain, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

But a great deal of variation in distress levels were reported between individual markets and property sectors, according to two new reports.