Mortgages

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.

Hugh Frater was one of four appointed to the Bipartisan Policy Center board, along with former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, a co-chair of its Housing Council.

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.

The final rule governing the use of automated valuation models for home assessments is substantially similar to the initial proposal made last June.

The loans typically don't qualify for being bundled into bonds supported by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac — government-backed companies that guarantee most US mortgages for investors.

The resilience of the equity market has been underpinned by optimism the economy has withstood the worst of Fed tightening.

A Rocket Mortgage securitization is the first private investor deal with a high share of e-notes, and the company is considering use with another loan product type.

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.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed requiring that mortgage servicers exhaust all efforts at assisting struggling borrowers before moving ahead with a foreclosure.

Declining refinance activity offset the growth in government-backed purchases, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.