Risk management

Years after the worst of the housing crisis, states still dealing with high foreclosure activity are weighing laws to speed the process on vacant or abandoned properties.

Bayview Asset Management is marketing another $183 million of bonds backed by reperforming mortgages acquired last year from CitiFinancial Credit Co.

The onslaught of regulatory actions against Ocwen may open the door for Nationstar to pick up a massive subservicing portfolio from the beleaguered servicer.

The Trump administration's initial tax plan may be short on details, but a bipartisan bill offers some very specific relief for the commercial real estate industry.

From a few employees at Hutchinson Credit Union who spent part of their day focusing on better servicing of local home mortgages, Member Mortgage Services has grown in just 13 years into a separate company with 37 employees.

The Loan Syndications and Trading Association is appealing directly to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to exempt collateralized loan obligation managers from rules requiring "skin in the game" of deals.

Some are wording the language of amendments used to refinance deals so as to be able to benefit if risk retention rules are repealed.

Bank earnings could be hurt this year as big retailers close stores and file for bankruptcy. The situation has sparked a debate about how much CRE and C&I books will suffer just as lenders were putting other commercial woes behind them.

Freddie Mac has obtained two new insurance policies under its Agency Credit Insurance Structure program.

The shift in mortgage rates has outpaced regulation as the housing market's main driver.

The combination of rising rates and real estate prices has made home buying less affordable, reviving interest in a product that lets consumers borrow against the future equity of their homes.

Risk management concerns were responsible for a five-percentage-point reduction in bank non-qualified mortgage lending last year.

Loan defects are inching upward in a market where higher rates could lead to more fraud risk.

PHH Corp. President and CEO Glen Messina will step down in June at the company's annual meeting.

Home affordability is near lows last seen post-crisis but there is hope wage growth that is outpacing home prices in many counties could reverse or slow the trend.

The industry expects to lean on technological efficiencies this year as higher rates and dwindling refinances test their businesses.

Fintech could cut the closing times on the simplest home loans by more than 50%, but the mortgage business' complexity means there are limits to how much time and money can be saved.

Fannie Mae has obtained reinsurance for $510 million of credit losses on $20.4 billion of single-family residential mortgages through a pair of credit insurance risk transfer transactions.

With refinance volume shrinking, some lenders are making up the difference by turning to alternative loan products for borrowers with lower credit scores.

Higher interest rates have reduced prepayments to levels not seen since 2014.