Foreclosures

FHA foreclosures drag down strong mortgage performance

Mortgage performance remained strong in September despite Federal Housing Administration loans driving up total foreclosures, according to new industry data. Overall foreclosure volume remained historically low, with foreclosure sales reaching 21,000 in the third quarter this year, roughly half of 2019’s pre-pandemic levels, according to a report from ICE Mortgage Technology. FHA loans accounted for […]

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Supreme Court rejects petition on New York foreclosure law

The Supreme Court has declined to review a challenge to retroactive interpretation of a New York law that applies a new statute of limitations to foreclosures. The high court turned down without explanation a petition for a writ of certiorari in the case US Bank National Association, Trustee v. Cassandra Fox, marking the end of

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Foreclosures tick up in Q3, signaling borrower stress

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Foreclosure sales inch up, consumer credit issues spread

Foreclosure sales inched another notch up as credit issues in the broader consumer credit market rose to a new level, according to the respective findings in two new August reports. Sales of foreclosure properties in ICE Mortgage Technology’s latest First Look report ran 22.52% ahead of last year’s rates and crept up by 0.55% on

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Foreclosure starts jump 17% as borrower strain mounts

Foreclosure starts are notably up from last summer as the strain of today’s high-cost environment is affecting more borrowers.  Lenders began the foreclosure process on 24,254 properties last month, up more than 17% from last August according to Attom. The total 35,697 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings last month represented 1 in every 3,987 homes

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FAPA disrupts market as petition pends before Supreme Court

A securitization trustee is petitioning the Supreme Court to hear New York’s Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act, but the wheels of justice turn slowly, in the interim the law raises concerns for various industry stakeholders. “They haven’t decided whether to review it or not, but that will be conferenced by the justices of the Supreme Court,”

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Regional real estate pockets are showing stress in 2Q

Some mortgage delinquency data raised concerns, but Cotality’s Q2 report also showed a positive sign: late loans aren’t progressing to more serious stages. The total delinquency rate rose on a quarter-to-quarter basis for the period ended June 30, trending higher after a drop-off for the period ended March 31, the Loan Performance Indictors report said.

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What Mortgage Delinquencies Tell Us About the Future of Foreclosures

You may be seeing headlines about how foreclosures are rising. And if that makes you nervous that we’re headed for another crash, here’s what you should know.  According to ATTOM, during the housing crash, over nine million people went through some sort of distressed sale (2007-2011). Last year, there were just over 300,000. So, even

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Payment-to-income trends seen as mortgage risk indicator

As serious mortgage delinquency rates continue to rise, rising payment-to-income ratios across other credit products could serve as a canary in the coal mine for future problems in making monthly payments, a Transunion report said. Over two years, serious delinquencies, which Transunion defines as 60 days or more late, while still relatively low, have increased

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Investors own almost 900,000 vacant homes: Attom

Real estate investors own almost 900,000 vacant properties nationwide, a share greater than the number of empty homes across the rest of the housing market, Attom reports.  The vacancy rate nationwide is steady in the third quarter compared to past years, according to the property analytics firm’s latest study. The number of homes that have

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