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What’s behind the sharp decline in mortgage delinquencies?

Housing Wire

When it comes to housing and mortgage markets this fall, most attention is being focused on the expiration of eviction and foreclosure moratoria and the pending completion of forbearance terms for many homeowners. Only 0.65% of exits to date have been into other resolutions, which would include short sales and deed-in-lieus.

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CFPB takes enforcement action against former HECM servicing contractor

Housing Wire

The actions were taken against Pittsford, New York-based Sutherland Global and Landover, Maryland-based NOVAD Management Consulting , which together formed a Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) servicing operation on behalf of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

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How a transparent marketplace provides a proven path to benefit homeowners

Housing Wire

Given this pre-foreclosure paradox, mortgage servicers and government policymakers are forced to walk a thin line: nudging distressed homeowners toward making a choice that’s in their best interest while also arming them with the knowledge and resources they need to be protected in the pre-foreclosure marketplace.

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Fewer first-time homebuyers are competing these days

Housing Wire

Completed sales transactions for single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, represented a seasonally adjusted annual rate of just under 6 million (5.99 million, so sales grew year-over-year by 1.5%. million) in July, according to NAR. A year ago, the annual rate was 5.90 The inventory of unsold homes rose by 7.3%

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4 Reasons Why the End of Forbearance Will Not Lead to a Wave of Foreclosures

Keeping Current Matters

million households lost their home to a foreclosure, short sale, or because they simply gave it back to the bank. Many experts projected 30% of all mortgage holders would enter the forbearance program. As of last Friday, the total number of mortgages still in forbearance stood at 1,863,000. 2018: 279,040. 2019: 277,520.

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Fannie Mae’s new version of DU to focus on credit risks

Housing Wire

Status as a first-time homebuyer will now also count as “a mitigating factor in the DU Risk Assessment,” as research into the development process for the new version suggested that loans where a borrower identified themselves as first-time homebuyers “performed better than similar loans for borrowers that had previously owned a home.”

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Definitions for Deal-Seeking Buyers: Short Sales, Foreclosures, and REO Homes

HomeLight

You may have heard that short sales, foreclosures, or bank-owned properties offer great opportunities for a steal , but what do these different terms mean, and how does the homebuying transaction work for each? What’s the difference between buying a short sale vs. a foreclosure, and where can the best deals be had?