Summer Ends Amid Rising Bankruptcies
Epiq, an Atlanta-based provider of intelligence to the legal services industry, has released its August 2022 bankruptcy filing statistics from its new Bankruptcy Analytics platform which found that filings increased by [...]
LL 100 Issues White Paper on Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
Members of LL 100’s Special Initiative Working Group examine the CFPB’s amendments to Regulation F of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and their implications on the mortgage servicing industry. [...]
Which States Can Homeowners Find Smallest, Largest HELOC’s?
LendingTree reports that Colorado, Hawaii, and Connecticut homeowners are now being offered the largest average home equity loans, despite being a part of the many states with the highest recorded [...]
Market Trends: More Sellers Become Hesitant to List Homes
Realtor.com’s latest housing data release for August reveals that listing prices decelerated for the third month in a row, as more sellers hit pause on listing homes and homes for [...]
Servicing & Compliance Lab to Showcase Servicer, Government Experts
Part of the annual Five Star Conference & Expo, this year’s Servicing & Compliance Lab will include insights from representatives of CFPB, FHFA, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac alongside servicing [...]
Report: Children Exposed to Foreclosures Experience Delinquency, High Credit Use
A study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia found young adults who experienced a foreclosure-induced tendency to seek credit at a higher rate, and delinquency and low credit scores [...]
FHFA Director Thompson Announces Agency Review
Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Sandra L. Thompson has declared that a top-down review of the agency will begin later this year in order to make sure the Federal [...]
Reflecting the Communities We Serve
As the industry makes strides to increase homeownership for marginalized individuals, the mortgage finance space must keep pace to meet the needs of this group by enhancing its DEI efforts. [...]
How to Win at Cybersecurity: Become a ‘Sneaker’ CISO
In the world of cybercrimes, the effective execution and deployment of technology, people, and processes are the first steps in building a culture of information security. The post How to [...]