Economic Recovery Drives Ongoing Forebearance Drop
Forbearance plans declined this week, as the economy begins to pick up steam and Americans get back on the road to financial recovery. The post Economic Recovery Drives Ongoing Forebearance [...]
Florida Circuit Courts Ordered to Move Pending Foreclosure Cases
Florida's Supreme Court has mandated that most foreclosure cases will now either be considered a streamlined case or a general civil case under a recently ordered amendment. The post Florida [...]
HARP Revamp Seen as Default Prevention Solution
By adopting a new version of the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP), Urban Institute authors feel they may have an answer to preventing mortgage defaults. The post HARP Revamp Seen [...]
Biden Requests Nearly $70 Billion to Address Housing
President Joe Biden has issued his discretionary funding request to Congress, and in it, a 15% increase to revamp housing opportunities and close the racial wealth gap. The post Biden [...]
The Importance of Single-Family Green Mortgage-Backed Securities
Editor's note: This article appears in the April 2021 issue of DS News magazine, available here. Arthur Johnson serves as VP of Fannie Mae’s Capital Markets, leading the Mortgage-Backed Security [...]
The Industry Pulse: Providers and Firms Announce Additions
BSI Financial Services, a mortgage-centric financial services company, announced today that it has hired Michael Bugbee as VP of Client Success. He will lead the company's broader strategy to [...]
BSI Financial’s New VP of Client Success
BSI Financial Services, a mortgage-centric financial services company, announced today that Michael Bugbee has been hired as VP of Client Success, where he will lead the company's broader strategy to better [...]
The Week Ahead: The Great American Housing Facelift
This week, the House Financial Services Committee will host a virtual hearing, “Building Back Better: Examining the Need for Investments in America's Housing and Financial Infrastructure,” set for Wednesday, April [...]
Forbearances Experience Largest Decline in Six Months
Following a five-week streak in improvement when it comes to mortgage forbearance volumes across the country, the data team at Black Knight reports not only the sixth week of declining [...]