The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s latest monthly report on consumer complaints finds that borrowers who are having a hard time staying current on their mortgages are still having problems with their servicers. The bureau said 51 percent of gripes involved problems homeowners faced when they were unable to make their mortgage payments. Consumers continued...
The performance of mortgages originated in recent years remains strong, pushing down delinquency rates across loan types. However, liquidation timelines for certain loans have hit new highs recently as servicers continue to work on foreclosing mortgages that went into default years ago. As of the end of March, the overall delinquency rate on mortgages declined to 4.08 percent, according to Black Knight Financial Services. The delinquency rate declined by 12.4 percent compared with March 2015 and is at its lowest point since March 2007. The foreclosure pre-sale inventory rate was...
The New York State Supreme Court recently reversed a ruling in a foreclosure case, providing a favorable decision for lenders and servicers. New York Community Bank v. Daphne McClendon involved a foreclosure that was initiated in 2012. The mortgage in question was originated in 2008 by AmTrust Bank for $544,000. The note accompanying the mortgage was signed by electronic signature. The borrower challenged...
State regulators have been particularly concerned about growth in recent years by nonbank servicers such as Ocwen Financial, the largest subprime servicer. Ocwen, of course, is now shrinking.
A spokesman for BofA declined to provide any color on the mark, but provided a link to past financial filings where the bank talks about its hedging activities which are based on “model and other cash flow” assumptions.
The nonbank share of the market for servicing mortgages in Gnnie Mae MBS increased from 35.05 percent at the end of the first quarter of 2015 to 46.73 percent at the end of the first quarter of 2016.
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