Mortgages

Fitch Ratings and Kroll Bond Rating Agency have released presale reports on the fifth Sequoia/Redwood Trust jumbo mortgage-backed securitization of the year.

Piggyback mortgages all but disappeared following the housing bust but they appear to be staging a comeback as lenders continue to gain confidence in the housing recovery.

Fewer delinquent loans have slowed the flow of REO, so we're seeing more servicers looking to bring management functions in-house in order to better control costs.

New seasonally adjusted purchase loan application volume is up 1% for the week ended March 19.

In its 2012 annual report, Fannie Mae noted that most private insurers have lowered their premiums over the past two years for borrowers with high credit scores.

Litvin Law Firm has ventured a unique yet quite simple approach to foreclosure risk analytics.

In the latest version of the National Real Estate Post, Frank and Brian discuss the future of the government-sponsored enterprises.

An improving economy and a revitalized real estate market resulted in Massachusetts foreclosure activity dropping for the second straight month to begin 2013.

SNR Denton, Salans LLP and Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP have merged into a new polycentric global law firm.

United States Appraisals, a national appraisal management company, has joined the Collateral Risk Network.

Even though volumes rose in the fourth quarter of 2012, independent mortgage bankers saw their average profits per loan fall during this time period.

First Bancorp, the holding company for FirstBank Puerto Rico, said that the financial institution has reached three separate agreements to sell a total of $532 million of unpaid principal balance in classified and nonperforming commercial loans.

As the Atlanta area continues its rebound from the housing crisis, Envoy Mortgage plans to be there during this recovery period.

Inconsistent, manual or expensive platforms that do not assess a mortgage loan portfolio in its entirety are a thing of the past.

The TD Bank Mortgage Service Index found that over half of the participating consumers expect more from their lenders.

Fannie Mae acquired nearly 640,500 Home Affordable Refinance Program loans in 2012.

The downgrade reflects an increase in expected losses primarily due to updated property valuations on the specially serviced loans.

Purchases of primary residences rose 17% in 2012 compared to the prior year, while purchases by investors slipped 2%, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Delinquent loans in commercial mortgage-backed securities increased in March by eight basis points.

Home prices ended the first quarter of 2013 similar to how they started the year: stable and in positive territory.