Mortgages

Property insurance and taxes account for over one-third of current loan performance risk, according to Auction.com's recent survey of default servicing leaders.

Second quarter margins at the three big banks were lower versus three months' prior, missing Keefe, Bruyette & Woods expectations of a flat comparison.

The new regulation goes into effect in early 2025 for properties financed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.

As part of the three-year agreement, the group will fund a $1.22 million scholarship fund to recruit minorities into the appraisal profession.

Shares of real estate companies jumped as much as 3.1% Thursday for their biggest intraday gain of 2024, climbing to their highest level since March as investors snap up homebuilder, digital and commercial real estate stocks alike.

United Wholesale Mortgage has introduced a product dubbed Govy125, a 125 basis points incentive on any note rate for VA IRRRLS and non-credit qualifying FHA streamlines.

A summary judgment from a Missouri district court denied the government from seeking federal damages for violations of the False Claims Act following alleged underwriting misconduct by the lender.

On the whole, foreclosure times are back where they were before the pandemic, but in one state the average is over 10 years, according to Attom's latest data.

Positive signs on jobs and inflation help drive the 10-year Treasury yield lower, and lead investors to forecast a short-term rate cut sooner than later, Freddie Mac said.

For the sixth consecutive month, more mortgage credit is available to consumers, but it still remains historically tight, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.