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Housing Crisis: New Rules Hit Mortgage Servicers

The nation’s five largest banks service about half of all mortgages, but recently they have been selling those servicing rights to so-called “specialty servicers,” like Ocwen and Nationstar, whose stocks have been soaring. These companies specialize in delinquent mortgages. The … Continue reading

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Builders Bump Up Thanks to Drop in Existing Home Supply

Sales of existing homes are recovering slowly, but a drop in supplies of those homes is pushing confidence among the new home builders to a six year high. There are just 2.1 million existing homes for sale, which is a … Continue reading

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Housing Alert: Short Sales May Be in Big Trouble

As lenders plow through a backlog of over five million delinquent mortgages, short sales are becoming an ever more popular escape route. A short sale is when the bank allows a home to be sold for less than the value … Continue reading

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As Foreclosures Ramp Up, New Roadblocks Ahead

Fraudulent foreclosure practices, a.k.a. “robo-signing,” uncovered now nearly two years ago, opened a new wound in the foreclosure crisis that was in the process of healing. At big bank mortgage servicers and in courts in many states, the foreclosure process … Continue reading

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Bank of America Offers Principal Reductions to 200,000 Homeowners

A select group of struggling mortgage borrowers are about to get an offer that sounds too good to be true. Executives at Bank of America say they will begin mailing 200,000 letters offering certain customers mortgage principal reduction. “If people … Continue reading

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As Foreclosures Stall Again, Warnings of Housing ‘Paralysis’

In an unexpected reversal, both newly started foreclosures and finalized foreclosures dropped precipitously in February. So-called foreclosure starts fell 15.2 percent month-to-month. Foreclosure sales, the final stage of the process (not sales of already bank-owned properties) fell 19 percent month-to-month, … Continue reading

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Foreclosures on the Rise Again

After a year-long reprieve from rising foreclosures, the numbers are going up again. One in every 624 U.S. households received a foreclosure filing in January, up 3 percent from the previous month, according to a new report from RealtyTrac.  Foreclosure … Continue reading

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Running Robo-Settlement Numbers

A potential $25 billion settlement between the nation’s four largest banks and the 50 state attorneys general over faulty foreclosure processing is imminent. Or at least it’s closer than it’s been, given that we are now well over a year … Continue reading

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Robo-Reality: Final Foreclosures Fall as Pipeline Swells

The number of new foreclosures in 2011 dropped nearly 40 percent, according to year-end numbers just released by Lender Processing Services; there is, however, little cause for celebration. The fall is largely due to moratoria and process reviews stemming from … Continue reading

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New Financial Crimes Unit Could Throw Wrench in ‘Robo’ Settlement

Barely a few days ago, word was that a settlement among state attorneys general and the big banks over faulty foreclosure practice, i.e. “robo-signing”, was imminent. In fact, there was a big meeting on Monday in Chicago to try to … Continue reading

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