At the close of Q1 2023, Homeowner Assistance Fund programs made roughly $3.7 billion in payments to more than 318,000 homeowners at risk of foreclosure–a 50% increase over Q4 2022.
Read More »Using Mortgage Reserves to Help Narrow the Black-White Homeownership Gap
New research from FHLBank San Francisco and the Urban Institute investigates ways to reduce mortgage default risk for vulnerable homeowners by utilizing mortgage reserve accounts that could help homeowners overcome temporary hardships, which would benefit Black families, who are more than twice as likely as white families to lose their home to foreclosure.
Read More »FHA Offers New Multi-Language Resources
Multi-language translations of single-family mortgage documents in Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese are now available for lenders and servicers when working with borrowers with limited English proficiency.
Read More »May’s Data Reports Spike in Foreclosure Activity
Foreclosure starts increased 4 % over April 2023, while completed foreclosures increased 38%.
Read More »Taking the Stress Out of Loss Mitigation
A new white paper from Aspen Grove Solutions delves into how technology can reduce the risk of enforcement actions, consent orders, and curtailments for mortgage servicers in today’s marketplace. (Sponsored Content)
Read More »Equity, Unemployment Rates Keeping Mortgage Delinquencies at Historic Lows
According to CoreLogic, the nationwide delinquency rate dropped to 1.1%, the lowest level reported in 23 years, as the unemployment rate remains near an all-time low.
Read More »One in 80 U.S. Homes Reported Vacant in Q2
ATTOM data has found that the number of vacant homes in foreclosure has risen for the fifth consecutive quarter, as zombie properties accounted for the largest share of all homes since before the pandemic.
Read More »Mortgage Delinquency Rate Falls to Second Lowest on Record
“The mortgage delinquency rate fell to its lowest level for any first quarter since MBA’s survey began in 1979 and was the second lowest quarterly rate overall, just 11 basis points above the survey low in the third quarter of 2022,” said Marina Walsh, CMB, MBA’s VP of Industry Analysis.
Read More »Nationwide Mortgage Delinquency Rate Neared Record Low in February
“February’s early-stage delinquency rate was historically low and primarily driven by a strong job market,” said Molly Boesel, Principal Economist at CoreLogic. “However, the possibility of a recession that would raise the U.S. unemployment rate could slightly erode the current strong mortgage performance situation in the coming months.”
Read More »Credit Conditions Tightened Slightly in March
According to a new report from First American, the Potential Home Sales Model for March revealed it is unlikely that the recent banking crisis will materially impact residential mortgage availability.
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