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Analysts are warning investors about the impact of different servicing strategies on the cash flow generated by mortgage servicing rights on securitized delinquent loans.

In a foreclosure situation the emotions that overtake many borrowers can be critical in how and if they survive the trauma and may prevent them from looking for alternatives to their impending foreclosure.

Impac Mortgage Holdings has completed its re-entry into the warehouse lending space.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has issued its proposed version of the qualified mortgage rule for FHA-insured loans and it includes a 3% limit on upfront points and fees.

While most CU executives are worried about the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new mortgage regulations, one CEO thinks those fear-inducing rules will actually present a "big opportunity" for credit unions.

The Mortgage Bankers Association’s chief economist, Jay Brinkmann, is planning on retiring early next year with a successor pending.

Appraisers represent the lender in the field, but at times their interests diverge from the party that hired them, as well as from the borrower, the Realtor and the seller.

A former official at Bank of America Corp.’s Countrywide unit said he went to federal authorities and filed a whistleblower lawsuit after learning the government might settle with the lender.

A social media strategist shares the pros and cons of four new measures for mortgage originators and other users.

The Federal Housing Administration has asked the Treasury Department for a $1.7 billion bailout, but its commissioner and others say the agency does not actually need the money.