Roughly 1.2 million U.S. homes were in some stage of foreclosure during February, a 21 decline from the same period in 2011, and that spells trouble for bottom feeders looking to buy real estate owned properties from banks and auction companies. According to interviews with investors, servicing executives and mortgage bankers, some buyers are turning to the nonperforming loan market as a “back door” way to buy properties. “Investors that are buying NPLs in this fashion are looking to foreclose so they ...
The Internal Revenue Service issued an opinion this month stating that real estate owned costs do not need to be capitalized. Lawyers at Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick said IRS memorandum AM2013-001 appears to reverse an IRS opinion issued last year which stated that costs associated with REOs must be capitalized. “Historically, many banks have deducted expenses associated with other REO property currently rather than capitalizing them,” Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick said. However, in the last few years ...
The launch of the revised CFPB database expands the bureau's consumer complaint apparatus in a major way. It includes a sub-category for many products, including mortgages.
Is Navy Federal's no-downpayment product safe? It believes so, and is quite happy with the delinquency experience on the loan but won't provide specifics.
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