Secondary market trading for home-equity loans has increased across most market segments, thanks to greater available supply driven by higher prices, according to a new report from MountainView Financial Solutions, a Denver-based provider of financial services analytics and advisory services.
The foreclosure rate returned to pre-crisis levels this year, though industry analysts note that foreclosure rates remain somewhat elevated in states with a judicial foreclosure process.
There’s a perception the CFPB will take fewer enforcement actions under the leadership of Mick Mulvaney, but industry attorneys question whether there has been any pullback…
The dollar volume of subservicing contracts grew by 1.8 percent in the second quarter on a sequential basis, another sign that this specialty niche is continuing to slow, according to a new ranking and analysis from Inside Mortgage Finance. [Includes one data chart.]
Some states are gearing up to tighten their regulation of mortgage servicers to pick up the slack from a perceived pullback by federal regulators, although attorneys said the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is still enforcing its servicing regulation.
Mortgage delinquency rates fell sharply in the second quarter, according to the Inside Mortgage Finance Large Servicer Delinquency Index. [Includes one data chart.]
The top five sellers of bulk agency product during the first-half of 2018 were Stearns Lending, Flagstar Bank, Seneca Mortgage, United Shore Financial (parent of United Wholesale Mortgage), and loanDepot.