Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2024

The Santa Ana, California-based financial services company provides solutions including due diligence services, property valuations, mortgage fulfillment and consulting and advisory services. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Tiffany Fletcher, senior vice president of operations support and operational risk for VRM Mortgage Services , offers strategies for doing just that, showing how VRM is growing and changing during these unique times. Tiffany Fletcher, VRM Mortgage Services HW: What does the current market and demand for REO assets look like?

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HomeLight

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

John Durham is a successful real estate agent in Henry County, Georgia, and has purchased homes at auction for 16 out of 20 years of his career as a real estate agent. The purpose of the foreclosure auction is to recoup money for missed mortgage payments or tax liens. Where can you find foreclosure auctions? “The

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HomeLight

AUGUST 16, 2021

In the market for a “ real estate owned” property ? Experienced REO buyers swear by this method of wealth-building through real estate. Properties get to this point after the borrower stops making mortgage payments for a period of time.

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HomeLight

JUNE 28, 2021

HUD’s Office of Housing also includes the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), an agency that insures mortgage loans issued by FHA-approved lenders to protect against losses if a borrower defaults on a loan. The buyer must work with a HUD-approved real estate agent/broker for all bidding (HUD homes are sold at auction).

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HomeLight

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

When a homeowner stops making mortgage payments , eventually the bank will foreclose on their house, and the property will become bank-owned. The steps in between the first missed mortgage payment and a bank-owned foreclosure follow a pattern like this: The homeowner fails to make at least three consecutive months of mortgage payments.

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HomeLight

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Preforeclosure: The lender sends a notice of default to inform the owner that they must get up to date on their mortgage payments within a certain timeframe — or they will face foreclosure. REO owned: If the home doesn’t sell at auction, it becomes real-estate owned, meaning the bank or lender owns it.

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