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The Treasury, CFPB and Federal Trade Commission are joining forces to warn consumers about predatory practices in financing solar energy panels.

Forbearance rose for the first time since October 2022 in one report. Delinquencies jumped from a near-record low in another. Experts debate the ramifications.

The proposal would add reforms aimed at broadly prioritizing owner-occupant access and end the "test" or "demonstration" mode these sales have been in since 2002.

Property insurance and taxes account for over one-third of current loan performance risk, according to Auction.com's recent survey of default servicing leaders.

Although experts are predicting an active season, actual damages could be lower depending on how many storms make landfall and where, Corelogic reported.

Fears that foreclosures and abandoned property rates could spike once Covid-19 moratoriums ended have not come to fruition, Attom Data Solutions said.

The Federal Housing Administration's clarification addresses interpretations of an 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that increased industry costs.

But the number of properties whose mortgage is more than 90 days late is at its lowest since 2006, ICE Mortgage Technology said.

But Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac conducted no private-market sales of nonperforming loans early last year as adjustments were made to the program.

Loan criteria such as credit scores, loan types and loan-to-value ratios are all weaker than those included in 2022 deals, Fitch said.