The seismic upheaval in the subprime mortgage market that has knocked a significant number of companies out of the industry and yielded a sharp decline in loan volume has, so far, produced relatively little change in the... [Includes two charts and one graph]
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The recent collapse of the subprime mortgage market has raised the business prospects for agency-backed mortgages. The challenge for lenders now is how and when to tap FHA and VA mortgage insurance programs as alternatives, according to government lending...
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The Federal Housing Administration would be able to help half of the troubled subprime borrowers if it could get expanded risk-based pricing authority and other proposed FHA reform measures, according to the nation’s top housing regulator. Department of Housing and...
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California may be the biggest mortgage market in the U.S. in terms of outstanding loans and new originations, but Florida provided private mortgage insurers more earned premiums in 2006, according to a new Inside Mortgage Finance analysis... [Includes two charts]
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A U.S. Supreme Court ruling this week clearing two U.S. insurers of any liability for alleged “willful” violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act has made it much more difficult for plaintiffs to hit mortgage lenders with potentially ruinous class-action lawsuits...
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As the housing market cools and fewer home loans are being made, the pressure on appraisers is shifting from trying to appease lenders by meeting appraisal targets to making the appropriate economic evaluation of the market, according to a veteran real-estate...
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Is Onity Group eyeing a sale? Perhaps. And why not? Servicing values are approaching a 25-year high.
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