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Inside Mortgage Trends

November 19, 2010

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Mortgage Repurchase Pressure Eased In 3Q10, But Remained at High Level

The banking industry reported a significant decline in the volume of loan repurchases and indemnifications during the third quarter of 2010, according to a new Inside Mortgage Trends analysis of call report data. In aggregate, commercial banks reported...[Includes two data charts and one graph] Read More

2010 Refi Wave Features More ‘Cash-In’ Deals

With mortgage rates at 40-year lows, the refinance boom of late 2010 has two unique characteristics: more people are throwing money into the deal at the closing table, and a significant number of potential borrowers are stranded on the sidelines. Freddie Mac said “cash-in” borrowers represented...[Includes one data chart] Read More

Dodd-Frank to Fuel Growth for Specialty Servicing

The fast-growing demand for specialty mortgage servicing over the last two years is expected to surge because of “foreclosuregate” and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, according to Steven Horne, CEO and founder of Wingspan Portfolio Advisors, a Dallas area-based specialty servicing firm. Specialty servicers take over... Read More

Home Prices Still Under Pressure

Despite signs of improvement earlier in the year, home prices have declined in recent months and are expected to continue falling in 2011, according to industry analyses of market trends. Data from a recent Fiserv Case-Shiller Index shows that prices in 70 percent of the country’s 384 metro markets fell... Read More

Impac Announces New Wholesale Arm

Three years after virtually shutting down all of its mortgage and commercial lending operations, Impac Mortgage Holdings is back in the market again and ready to compete. Last week, Impac Mortgage, a former powerhouse in the nonconforming mortgage market, announced... Read More

Technology Briefs

FI Compliance Solutions, a provider of risk management systems based in King of Prussia, PA, has partnered with MasterServ Financial, a consulting and business processing services firm in Malvern, PA, to launch ActioNsight, a web-based solution designed to help banks evaluate... Read More

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