The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has increased the allowable property inspection fee limits for property inspections of single-family homes associated with defaulted FHA-insured mortgages. The inspections are used in a servicer’s preservation and protection of...
A total of 34,472 properties were burdened with foreclosure filings during October, according to new data from ATTOM. This is a 6% decline from the previous month but also a 6% increase from one year earlier. ATTOM determined that one in every 4,051 housing units had...
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is seeking industry feedback on a proposed update to its Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) assignment claims eligibility policy. Under current program requirements, mortgage servicers can assign a HECM to the U.S....
The delinquency rate for mortgages on one-to-four-unit residential properties increased to a seasonally adjusted rate of 3.62% of all loans outstanding at the end of the third quarter, according to new data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The third...
Mortgage rates were in decline this week, according to the Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 7.5% as of Nov. 9, down from last week when it averaged 7.76%. A year ago at this time, it...
Total mortgage balances were up 3.2% during the third quarter while total mortgage origination plummeted by 36.5%, according to new data from TransUnion (NYSE: TRU). After recording a slight decline in the second quarter, mortgage balances increased to $11.8 trillion...
