Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac completed 65,960 foreclosure-prevention actions during the first quarter of 2015, a slight increase from the previous period, according to a recently released report from the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Of that number, there was a 1.0 percent uptick in the number of loan modifications in the first quarter. The number of completed repayment and forbearance plans rose somewhat faster, by 7.2 percent and 8.2 percent, respectively. The FHFA said...[Includes one data table]

HUD issued the language to remedy the problem of delayed filings: lenders holding back claims...

Mortgage repurchase volume fell 9.5 percent from the fourth quarter and it was down 12.3 percent from the first three months of last year.

The most recent regulatory foray has come from the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, which formed the Mortgage Servicing Rights Task Force to develop standards for nonbank servicers...

In short order, Wingspan faces a dilemma that many of its peers are facing: rapidly improving real estate values are snuffing out delinquencies and draining the supply of problem loans.

The GAO analyzed changes to HAMP implemented in October and beyond, including extending performance incentive payments to borrowers...

Since the housing crisis, the mass filing of claims has placed a huge strain on resources at the FHA.

According to a new consumer survey from Fannie Mae, 63 percent of consumers think that now is a good time to buy a home, tying a survey low...

Savitt noted that some lenders don’t want to staff up too much “only to have to lay off workers later on.”

The jumbo MBS rated by Fitch since 2010 haven’t experienced any losses.