Mortgage defaults

It's been a tough year for farmers, and lenders are looking for ways to help those borrowers offset sagging income.

The 1.35% delinquency rate was the lowest since at least 2001, and it marked nearly four years of delinquencies below the 15-year average of 2.21%.

With the myriad home price indices available to the mortgage industry, it's difficult to determine which offers the most cost-effective insights about a particular market. Granularity is a key selling point, but not a one-size-fits-all solution.

More than $200 billion of the most poorly underwritten commercial mortgages originated before the financial crisis come due this year and next, many of them still underwater.

U.S. Bancorp has agreed to settle a lawsuit that claimed it neglected to maintain foreclosed properties in Southern California after the 2008 financial crisis.

Late payments on securitized commercial mortgages reversed course in September and resumed a climb that began in March, according to Trepp.

Walter Investment Management Corp. subsidiary Ditech Financial has paid $1.4 million as part of an agreement to settle claims of alleged abusive debt collection practices in Massachusetts.

Bank mortgage servicers are slashing their staff in the wake of improved loan performance and decreased portfolio, according to Fitch Ratings.

Fannie Mae has awarded its latest "community impact" pool of nonperforming loans to an affiliate of the nonprofit New Jersey Community Capital.

The Mortgage Bankers Association has detailed the features of a proposal to succeed the soon-to-be-defunct Home Affordable Mortgage Program.