Increases to home prices and employment rates along with servicers loss mitigation activities have combined to reduce delinquency rates to normal levels across most of the country, according to industry analysts. However, foreclosures remain a concern, particularly in states with a judicial foreclosure process. The overall delinquency rate fell to 7.38 percent in the second quarter of 2013 from 8.64 percent the previous quarter, according to the Inside Mortgage Finance Large Servicer Delinquency Index based on 17 lenders that service a total of $5.42 trillion in home mortgages. Thirty-to-60-day delinquency rates actually ticked up...[Includes one data chart]
The PATH Act awaits a vote on the House floor. But Hensarlings measure is widely viewed as a non-starter in comparison to the Senates bipartisan Corker-Warner bill.
According to a new letter obtained by Inside Mortgage Finance, HUD says it is uncertain whether any new loan created under the controversial eminent domain plan would qualify for FHA insurance.