Fannie and Freddie have provided lenders with some flexibilities on construction-related loans. Also, they will pause acquisitions of refinances of mortgages with high loan-to-value ratios.
Besides overseeing HUD and keeping tabs on FHA and Ginnie Mae, Marcia Fudge has a new task: managing the White House’s latest initiative on appraisal inequities.
Refinances are a rarity among manufactured housing loans, according to a new CFPB study. Less than 4% of chattel loans — which make up 42% of manufactured housing loans — were for refinances.
The number of boarded-up, empty houses and buildings, or so-called zombie properties, in some stage of foreclosure jumped 21% this quarter, according to data vendor ATTOM.
Applications are down but not dramatically so. Also, UWM’s CEO sees opportunities in the M&A binge, namely the ability to recruit some top-flight talent who might be left without a home.
The state, in a recent case, took the position that the owner of mortgage servicing rights, whether handling day-to-day obligations or relying on a subservicer, is required to be licensed under state law.
Bank of America has committed funds to expand the Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America’s low- to moderate-income homebuyers’ mortgage program.
Two months after buying AmeriHome Mortgage, WAB is carving up its massive servicing portfolio and selling chunks to the highest bidder. What’s going on? Profits, for one.
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