New Black Knight data takes a look at "the largest quarterly decline [in newly acquired equity] on record by dollar value and the largest since 2009 on a percentage basis.”
Read More »Servicers Brace for Rise in Foreclosure Activity
Mortgage servicers polled in a new report expect 23% of seriously delinquent mortgages to complete foreclosure over the next year, with pandemic backlog and regulatory intervention having the biggest impact on foreclosure volume.
Read More »June Records Record-High Home Price Growth Drop
The latest report from Black Knight did not carry good news as the company’s latest monthly Mortgage Monitor Report covering the month of June found that annual home price growth dropped by nearly two percentage points, the greatest single-month slowdown ...
Read More »Home Price Growth Slows in Largest U.S. Housing Markets
Today, the Data & Analytics division of Black Knight, Inc. released its latest Mortgage Monitor Report, looking at recent cooling of annual rate of home price appreciation and the intertwined impacts of both affordability and inventory on those trends. According ...
Read More »May Marks Least Affordable Housing Market in 16 Years
Rising home prices and unpredictable interest rates continue to complicate affordability pressures in the housing market. However, the same dynamics have also served to increase the housing wealth of American mortgage holders by a significant margin, according to the latest ...
Read More »February Foreclosure Starts Dip Following Prior Month’s Spike
According to Black Knight's “first look” at February 2022 mortgage data, the January surge reversed course in February, but even the higher number still trailed pre-pandemic levels. Here's what else the data reveals
Read More »Forbearance Portfolio Volume Slides for 21st Straight Month
The number of U.S. loans in forbearance fell once again, with as an estimated 590,000 homeowners remaining in forbearance plans nationwide.
Read More »Delinquencies on Pace for Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels
The numbers are in—this monthly report covers late payments, foreclosures, originations, affordability, and more.
Read More »Mortgage Delinquencies Sink to 11-Month Low
March 2021 saw the largest single-month improvement in delinquencies in 11 years, as the U.S. economy getting back on track, and the job market shows continued improvement.
Read More »The Week Ahead: A Focus on Millennial Housing Trends
On Wednesday, Ellie Mae, a cloud-based platform provider for the mortgage finance industry, will release the latest installment of its Ellie Mae Millennial Tracker. The Millennial Tracker "mines data from a robust sampling of approximately 80 percent of all closed mortgages ...
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