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Delinquency rates for commercial and multifamily mortgages continued to decline in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s latest delinquency report.
Improving property fundamentals as well as a strong finance market mainly drove the...
Three years after the Treasury department announced a need for a move back to a mortgage market financed predominately by private capital, the Federal Housing Finance Agency outlined the initial steps it will take to do that -- including...
February home prices rose 6.1% nationwide year-over-year, according to data from Clear Capital.
Although current home prices have...
While the housing market will not make a complete return to pre-crisis conditions, many promising improvements will be drivers this year including a slight opening of the credit spigot creating a positive outlook for the market, according to Moody's ResiLandscape report....
While the housing market will not make a complete return to pre-crisis conditions, many promising improvements will be drivers this year including a slight opening of the credit spigot creating a positive outlook for the market, according to Moody's ResiLandscape report....
The New York Supreme Court validated bond insurer MBIA’s 2009 corporate restructuring in an opinion Monday, ending years of litigation over the insurer’s quick transformation in the heat of the financial crisis.
Early on, 18 banks, including Wells Fargo...
The Coalition for Sensible Housing Policy urges prudential regulators to base the Qualified Residential Mortgage rule on the previously released Qualified Mortgage rule, according to a letter from the agency to the Federal Reserve.
Unlike the QM,...
The potential for Home Affordable Refinance Program burnout on JPMorgan Chase serviced collateral could be reflected in slower speeds as early as the next three months, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
At the current capacity levels,...
The automatic spending cuts that are in effect will have a devastating impact on the housing market, specifically cutting $3 billion of aid to those impacted by Hurricane Sandy, warned Secretary Shaun Donovan of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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The automatic spending cuts that are in effect will have a devastating impact on the housing market, specifically cutting $3 billion of aid to those impacted by Hurricane Sandy, warned Secretary Shaun Donovan of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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Federal financial regulators are starting to put the squeeze on massive loan servicer Ocwen ($44.25 0.27%), reportedly by recommending the...
The real estate industry is not immune from President Barack Obama's official enactment of a sequester deal that launches $85 billion in...
HousingWire’s Monday Morning Cup of Coffee takes a look at news from the weekend, with more coverage on bigger issues.
Late Friday, President Barack Obama instructed federal agencies to start implementing...
A Florida man who reportedly lost his life as a sinkhole swallowed his entire bedroom sent a chill across the U.S. as more Americans became aware of how unsettling nature can be.
But, unfortunately, sinkholes may be more common than homeowners realize, and the hazard is one insurance...
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court's dismissal of a major residential mortgage-backed securities lawsuit filed against U.S. mortgage bond issuers.
The court's ruling revived claims from an investor group that alleged several securities law violations stemming...