The Department of Veterans Affairs is reminding servicers that it does not issue “no-amount-specified bids,” commonly known as VA “no-bids,” on pending loan terminations. A regulatory change in 2008 allowed VA only two bid types: net value bid and total debt bid. Prior to the change, when VA issued a no bid, servicers were barred from conveying the property to VA following a completed termination action. A allows servicers the option to convey property to VA on loans that have been terminated through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure. The option to convey reduces additional mortgage-industry expenses associated with missed foreclosure sales, maintenance and marketing of properties that could not be conveyed, the VA explained. Other servicer news from the VA Loan Electronic Reporting Interface (VALERI): Oregon Appraisals. Effective Sept. 1, 2016, all Oregon liquidation ...
Mortgage credit availability increased in September as more investors offered streamlined refinancing programs to borrowers with FHA and U.S. Department of Agriculture rural housing loans, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s mortgage credit-availability index (MCAI) report. The government MCAI, one of four component indices of the trade group’s MCAI, saw the greatest increase in availability over the month (up 1.9 percent). Conventional MCAI also was up 0.7 percent and so was the conforming MCAI by the same percentage. The jumbo MCAI rose by 0.6 percent. The increases reflected an improvement in the MCAI, which grew 1.4 percent to 167.0 in September. A drop in the MCAI indicates a tightening of lending standards, while an increase suggests loosening of credit, the MBA said. “Streamline [refinancing] programs allow borrowers who have been consistently making their ...
VA Special Relief Following Hurricane Matthew. VA encourages holders of guaranteed loans to extend forbearance to borrowers in areas that were ravaged by Hurricane Matthew. Careful counseling with borrowers is recommended to help determine whether their difficulties are related to the hurricane or to some other cause that needs to be addressed. Lenders may reapply prepayments to cure or prevent a loan default, or modify the terms of an existing guaranteed loan without the prior approval of VA, provided certain regulatory conditions are met. In addition, VA has requested lienholders institute a 90-day freeze on all new foreclosures on loans affected by Hurricane Matthew. Lienholders must review all foreclosure referrals to ensure that servicers are justified in delaying foreclosure action. Further, the VA asked servicers to waive late charges and to suspend credit bureau reporting on ...
The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s inspector general urged the agency to revise regulations to avoid the possibility of another multi-billion dollar hit to the FHA insurance fund due to servicers missing their foreclosure or conveyance deadlines. According to a recent IG audit report, HUD paid approximately $2.23 billion in claims for an estimated 239,000 properties that missed foreclosure and conveyance deadlines. In particular, HUD paid an estimated $141.9 million for servicers’ claims for “unreasonable and unnecessary” debenture interest as well as $2.09 billion in servicer claims for holding costs incurred after the deadlines for foreclosure or conveyance had lapsed, the report said. Because of these exorbitant claims payments, the FHA’s Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund became...
Back in August, Incenter Mortgage Advisors auctioned off one of the largest bulk packages of Ginnie Mae servicing rights in quite some time: An $8.87 billion pool of receivables…
Two thoughts: Force colleges to forgive a large chunk of what’s owed to them and/or order real estate agents (and sellers) to drastically reduce the asking price on homes. Which would you choose?
The MMIF had $30.86 billion in capital resources at the end of fiscal 2015. HUD does not provide updated figures on the fund’s capital resources through the year…
Private mortgage insurers are quietly gaining ground on their government-insured rivals in the critical home-purchase market, according to a new Inside Mortgage Trends analysis of agency mortgage-backed securities data. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac securitized $61.47 billion of purchase mortgages with private MI coverage during the third quarter, a gain of 33.4 percent from the previous period. At the same time, Ginnie Mae securitized $79.91 billion of FHA and VA purchase mortgages, up 19.3 percent from the second quarter. The private MI share of agency purchase loans rose...[Includes two data tables]
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