DS5: Lending for Single-Family Rentals During COVID
The latest episode of DS5: Inside the Industry features an interview with Stephanie Casper, VP of Sales for LendingHome. Casper discusses how the real estate industry is progressing when it comes [...]
This Week’s Mortgages in Forbearance
The quantity of forbearances declined by 1,000 over the past week, according to new data from Black Knight Inc.’s McDash Flash Forbearance Tracker. As of August 25, 3.9 million homeowners were in active forbearance, or 7.4% of all active [...]
COVID-19 Drives Suburban Migration
According to a recent Redfin report, July found a surge of home buyers looking to leave expensive cities for more rural, inland locales. The current COVID-10 pandemic has taken its [...]
Hurricane Laura Damage Estimates in the Billions
Hurricane Laura, which made landfall last Wednesday, was the most intense storm to hit the northwestern Gulf Coast since 1856. According to a report from CoreLogic, storm-related damage “brings threat of further [...]
Tracking Hurricane Laura’s Impact on Homeowners
With the storm having made landfall Thursday with winds estimated at 150 mph, the industry is mobilizing to assist impacted homeowners, but challenges such as insurance gaps will complicate that [...]
Competition Heats Up Amid Diminishing Inventory
In a typical year, buyer-seller activity would be dwindling down heading into Labor Day, economic experts report. This is not a "typical year." The post Competition Heats Up Amid Diminishing [...]
10 Places Most Affected By Delinquencies
A number of metros in seven states are under enhanced siege by a percolating number of FHA delinquencies, jeopardizing homeowners and neighborhoods, according the AEI.org. A cocktail of factors place [...]
Fannie Mae Offers Assistance to Disaster-Impacted Servicers
GSE Fannie Mae recently reminded those impacted by Hurricane Laura and the California wildfires that mortgage assistance and disaster relief options are available. Under Fannie Mae's guidelines for single-family mortgages [...]
FHFA and FHA Extend Foreclosure, REO Eviction Moratoriums
UPDATE: The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and HUD announced, shortly following FHFA's similar announcement, the third extension of its foreclosure and eviction moratorium through December 31, for homeowners with FHA-insured [...]