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Financial services firm Consolidated Analytics acquires Real Info

Housing Wire

Launched in New York in 1995, Real Info developed a suite of proprietary automated valuation models (AVM) that derive predicted market values for residential properties, according to its website.

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FHA adds 40-year loan term to COVID-19 arsenal

Housing Wire

The Department of Housing and Urban Development said that the implementation of such an option could prevent “several thousand borrowers a year from foreclosure.” The proposed rule would change repayment provisions for FHA borrowers, allowing lenders to recast a borrower’s total unpaid loan for an additional 120 months.

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FHA publishes final rule on the 40-year loan modification

Housing Wire

Department of Housing and Urban Development ( HUD ) added that it would reduce losses to the FHA’s Mutual Mortgage Insurance (MMI) Fund, as fewer properties would be sold out of the FHA’s real estate owned inventory or at a loss due to foreclosure. After the proposal was unveiled last year, the U.S.

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Fannie Mae pays $53M to settle recession-era discrimination suit

Housing Wire

After the housing crisis, the GSE’s portfolio of foreclosed, or “Real Estate Owned” properties ballooned. In 2011, Fannie Mae repaired 89,800 such properties, and sold 244,000. As of 2020, Fannie Mae’s REO portfolio is 17,500.

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Industry supports FHA’s 40-year loan term option — with caveats

Housing Wire

At the time, the Department of Housing and Urban Development said the option could prevent “several thousand borrowers a year from foreclosure.”. The rule would also reduce losses to FHA’s Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund, as fewer properties would be sold at a loss in foreclosure or out of FHA’s real estate owned inventory, according to HUD.

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Five Types of Forclosure and Tips for Purchasing Each Type

Realty Biz

Bank-Owned Properties. These are referred to as REO or real estate owned. You can, of course, also ask your real estate agent to help you find these types of properties. Government registered brokers must be contacted to make a purchase on a government owned property. How to Buy a Short Sale.

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Housing coalition publishes recommendations for GSEs’ ‘Duty to Serve’ plans

Housing Wire

The GSEs should “increase certain loan purchases” in Duty to Serve markets; develop new and accessible loan products and programs; and evaluate new business partnership opportunities. Better loan products to serve “high-needs rural regions” should also be developed.