Servicing

Capacity constraints and issues with cross-servicer refinances remain significant challenges to the Home Affordable Refinance Program.

The FHA has embarked on a desperate attempt to raise capital through settlements with major banks, sales of severely delinquent loans and higher insurance premiums on new borrowers.

Yes, the Wisconsin Republican opposed Dodd-Frank and supports the limited government that many bankers crave. But he'll also help harden the views of an electorate that's already leaning Obama's way.

Impac Mortgage Holdings, Irvine, Calif., expects to post a profit when it reports second quarter earnings on Wednesday, and continues to expand its lending and servicing operations, the company said in a recent SEC filing.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. sued banks including JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc. over $388 million in securities sold to Colonial Bank.

Consumer advocates and financial services industry officials clashed Thursday over whether banks and insurers are getting paid fairly in the force-placed insurance market.

Lenders of all sizes are looking into becoming servicers, bringing us full circle back to the days when virtually every lender serviced their own loans.

It’s (almost) late summer and what better time to throw out a ‘loose ends’ blog on several story leads, ideas, and thoughts that have been knocking around my head (and inbox) of late.

In July workouts outnumbered new delinquencies among securitized commercial property loans of all types leading to a 14 basis point decrease in the CMBS delinquency index, according to Fitch Ratings.

Home prices are rising again due to the slowdown in REO sales and a decline in the shadow inventory of seriously delinquent loans hanging over the housing market, according to experts.