REDC Auction.com said its 2009 sales of foreclosed properties has topped the $2 billion mark with successful weekend auctions in Dallas, Houston and Seattle. The Irvine, Calif.-based company said it sold just shy of $15 million of REO properties in those three cities. The company has conducted 298 auctions this year, selling 34,600 properties since January.
This was the second acquisition Luminate's mortgage arm has made since the start of 2025. The bank bought NJ Lenders Corp. in April of last year.
The Mortgage Bankers Association lowered its refi expectations by 5% this month, as rising mortgage rates are dampening borrowers' positions.
A group of community development financial institutions are asking a federal court in California to compel Treasury to disburse funds from the CDFI Fund before they expire in September.
A proposed seven-year mandatory selloff rule aimed at institutional investors was a factor in halting momentum for new BTR development, NAHB said.
May's 15,855 actions are the least since September 2025, when Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac had 15,550 loans modified, forborne or otherwise dealt with, FHFA said.
The government-sponsored enterprise oversight chief said his agency is focusing on select fees applied to mortgages that lenders sell to Fannie and Freddie.
