DSNews BY: Brian Honea January 2, 2016 Saturday, October 3, 2015, marked the seven-year anniversary of then-President George W. Bush signing the government’s Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) into law in order to help stabilize financial markets and restore Americans’ confidence in the economy. TARP became law in 2008 at the depth of the financial […]
DSNews BY: Brian Honea November 17, 2015 Seven years after the housing market crashed, serious delinquency rates for most mortgage portfolios are at or near pre-recession levels, and the GSEs are no exception. The GSEs’ exposure to credit risk from mortgages originated during the years of the housing bubble continues to be “significant but declining,” […]
DSNews BY: Brian Honea November 16, 2015 Mortgage delinquency rates continued their trend of year-over-year double-digit declines in the third quarter of 2015, which contributed to the strong performance of consumer credit markets during Q3, according TransUnion’s Q3 2015 Industry Insights Report released Monday. While aggregate revolving credit balances rose by $13.5 billion […]
DSNews BY: Brian Honea December 14, 2015 Dr. Frank Nothaft joined CoreLogic in January 2015 as SVP and chief economist. Prior to joining CoreLogic, Nothaft worked at Freddie Mac, where he was chief economist and a prominent housing and mortgage market expert for more than 25 years. He frequently appears on radio and television […]
DSNews BY: Brian Honea December 14, 2015 Improving overall performance of first-lien mortgages means fewer delinquencies, and fewer delinquencies have in turn means a declining need for loss mitigation, according to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)’s Mortgage Metrics Report for the Third Quarter of 2015. According to the OCC, […]
DSNews By: Brian Honea December 7, 2015 The GSEs have made helping families avoid foreclosure one of their top priorities since the start of the housing crisis, and Fannie Mae just announced an update to support a policy change to assist in that initiative. Fannie Mae announced it has updated its Servicing Management Default Underwriter […]
DSNews By: Kerri Panchuk December 7, 2015 The year 2016 is expected to usher in the creation of 1.25 million new households, higher rental demand, increased home sales, and a rise in home purchase loan originations even as refinancing volume plummets, CoreLogic’s Chief Economist predicted Monday. Dr. Frank Nothaft, senior vice president and chief economist […]
DSNews BY: Brian Honea November 17, 2015 Foreclosures have been continually on the decline nationwide for a few years. While much of the decline can be attributed to a recovering economy, another driver of the drop in foreclosures is increased borrower outreach efforts from various organizations. Borrower outreach events include HUD-approved housing counselors and mortgage […]
DSNews BY: Brian Honea December 3, 2015 Why Are Discounted Distressed Sales Not Pulling Down Non-Distressed Home Prices? When distressed properties account for a large share of all residential home sales, it tends to pull down the prices of non-distressed homes, since foreclosed and REO properties typically sell at a discount to non-distressed […]
DSNews BY: Xhevrije West December 4, 2015 The amount of underwater mortgages in the U.S. continues to decline, but is not fully helping the housing market on the road to recovery, particularity in many large markets that were heavily impacted during crisis times. The negative equity rate nationwide fell in the third […]
