Even though 2011 home values dropped an average of 5.1% and prices fell in 302 of 384 housing markets tracked by the Fiserv Case-Shiller Indexes, the picture should get considerably brighter as housing approaches 2013. Fiserv’s chief economist, David Shiff, believes that the housing market will see greater stability in 2012 than in the past [...]
A couple weeks ago Freddie Mac announced that it would extend the terms of forbearance agreements in order to help more unemployed families to stay in their homes. This past week it was Fannie Mae’s turn to help out the unemployed families in homes backed by its mortgages. According to Fannie Mae’s servicing guidelines the [...]
A popular session at the mortgage industry Five Star MPact Conference in Dallas, Dec. 4-6 focused on the use of bulk short sales to help stabilize neighborhoods quickly in the highest impacted areas. The idea seems to be gaining favor among lenders, housing non-profits and investor groups. Participants commented that the one-up method of selling [...]
New Vista Asset Management of San Diego has completed a three year study on who is buying REOs over time. The trend is distinctly away from REOs being bought and occupied by homeowners and is moving toward higher levels of investor buying. Eighteen of the hardest hit counties are included in the study including cities [...]
As they have done in the past, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will spread a little Christmas cheer to homeowners in foreclosure over the holiday season. The GSEs announced a foreclosure moratorium on all single family and 1-4 unit multifamily homes during the period December 19 through January 2. Fannie Mae’s EVP of credit portfolio [...]
CNBC’s Diana Olick reports that foreclosures are requiring more time to be completed than ever. Lender Processing Services (LPS) has tracked the average time from first delinquency to foreclosure at 631 days. The differences are stark between non-judicial and judicial foreclosure states. The non-judicial states have half the inventory and move the process along at [...]
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