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How the PLS market is making money on delinquent loans 

Housing Wire

Lakeview Loan Servicing unveiled a rare private-label securities offering this past March involving a pool of mostly delinquent mortgages serviced by the company. The loans in the offering were all originated through the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and later securitized through Ginnie Mae. In total, 99.3%

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Agent commission lawsuits cast long shadow over VA, FHA borrowers

Housing Wire

The guilty verdict of the landmark Sitzer/Burnett commission lawsuit case sent shockwaves across the real estate industry. In the aftermath, one of the most contentious issues in the minds of mortgage professionals is how the ruling might affect FHA and VA mortgage borrowers. “VA loans are probably the best loans on the market.

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GSEs completed nearly 60,000 foreclosure prevention actions in Q1 2023: FHFA

Housing Wire

The total number of loans in forbearance at the end of Q1 stood at 65,757, coming out to 0.21% of the total loans serviced and 15% of delinquent loans. Sixteen percent of home modifications in Q1 were modifications with principal forbearance, the report said. The serious delinquency rate also decreased to 0.6%

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Rate buydowns are the cat’s meow in today’s market

Housing Wire

It varies a little bit based on loan amount and interest rate but … a pretty good rule of thumb is a [2-1] buydown will typically cost the seller about 2.25 percentage points of the loan amount,” Nunziata said.

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HUD says FHA delinquencies “positive sign” as it weighs premium pricing

Housing Wire

The serious delinquency rate in the Federal Housing Administration loan portfolio is now far less than its pandemic peak, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development said sustained improvement will factor in to whether it adjusts mortgage insurance premiums. Caught in the safety net.

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Who’s positioned to capitalize on Wells Fargo’s mortgage retreat

Housing Wire

s mortgage business has been the subject of industry speculation in the wake of a Bloomberg report indicating that the lending giant plans to shrink its enormous mortgage footprint , including a likely pull-back from the correspondent lending business. The fate of Wells Fargo & Co. ’s and New Rez/Caliber (RITM/ Rithm Capital ).”.

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When borrowers ‘ghost’ their servicers

Housing Wire

We service their loans. The company serves a $50 billion loan portfolio. Investment firms that purchase mortgage loans in default also face the same challenge. When the pandemic hit, and they put their loan into forbearance, it was quite easy. For example, with Federal Housing Administration ( FHA ) loans, 1.5

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