NEWS & INFORMATION |
March 21, 2024
Existing-Home Sales Vaulted 9.5% in February, Largest Monthly Increase in a Year |
March 19, 2024
California February Existing Home Sales Increase 1.3% YoY, Prices up 9.7% YoY |
February 26, 2024
Existing-Home Sales Rose 3.1% in January |
February 06, 2024
Annual U.S. Home Price Growth 5.5% in December |
February 06, 2024
Annual U.S. Home Price Growth 5.5% in December |
January 19, 2024
Existing-Home Sales down 1.0% in December |
January 17, 2024
California Existing Home sales totaled 224,000 in December down 7.1 percent from December 2022 |
January 09, 2024
U.S. Home Prices Increased by 5.2% Year over Year in November |
December 28, 2023
Pending Home Sales Recorded No Change in November |
December 21, 2023
Existing-Home Sales Expanded 0.8% in November, Ending Five-Month Slide |
December 20, 2023
California November Home Sales and Price Report |
December 19, 2023
Single Family Housing Starts Increase. Up 9.3% Above the November 2022 Rate |
November 30, 2023
NAR: Pending Home Sales Decrease 1.5% in October; Down 8.5% Year-over-year; Lowest Number of Record |
November 29, 2023
FHFA Announces Baseline Conforming Loan Limit Will Increase to $766,550 |
November 28, 2023
Case-Shiller: National House Price Index Up 3.9% year-over-year in September; New all-time High |
November 21, 2023
Existing-Home Sales Receded 4.1% in October |
November 18, 2023
Foreclosures Halted for VA Loan Holders Until June 2024 |
November 13, 2023
NAR Finds Typical Home Buyer's Annual Household Income Climbed to Record High of $107,000 |
October 26, 2023
NAR: Pending Home Sales Increase 1.1% in September; Down 11% Year-over-year |
October 19, 2023
Existing-Home Sales Fell 2.0% in September |
October 03, 2023
CoreLogic: US Annual Home Price Growth Rate Increased in August |
September 26, 2023
New Home Sales Decrease to 675,000 Annual Rate in August; Median New Home Price is Down 13% from the Peak |
September 21, 2023
Existing-Home Sales Decreased 0.7% in August |
September 12, 2023
Annual US Home Price Growth Rebounds in July, CoreLogic Reports |
September 08, 2023
CoreLogic: 1.11 million Homeowners with Negative Equity in Q2 2023 |
August 30, 2023
Pending Home Sales Increase 0.9% in July, Second Consecutive Monthly Increase |
August 23, 2023
New Home Sales Rise 4.39 Percent in July |
August 22, 2023
Existing-Home Sales Slipped 2.2% in July |
August 17, 2023
The 30-Year Fixed-Rate Mortgage Reaches its Highest Level in Over Twenty Years |
August 01, 2023
CoreLogic: US Annual Home Price Growth Up 1.6% June |
July 11, 2023
CoreLogic: US Annual Home Price Growth Drops to the Lowest Rate in 11 Years in May |
June 29, 2023
Pending Home Sales Down 2.7% in May |
June 22, 2023
Existing-Home Sales Edged Higher by 0.2% in May |
June 20, 2023
Interest Rate Reprieve Boosts California Home Sales to Highest Level in Eight Months, C.A.R. reports |
June 06, 2023
CoreLogic - Home Prices Increased Year Over Year by 2% in April 2023 Compared with April 2022 |
May 31, 2023
Federal Housing Administration Proposes Innovative Approach to Keep Struggling Homeowners in their Homes |
May 27, 2023
State Farm Halts Home Insurance Sales In California |
May 25, 2023
Pending Home Sales Recorded No Change in April |
May 18, 2023
Existing-Home Sales Faded 3.4% in April |
May 17, 2023
Higher Mortgage Rates and Low Housing Inventory Restrain California Home Sales in April, C.A.R. Reports |
May 16, 2023
California Housing Affordability Rises to Highest Level in a Year |
May 02, 2023
CoreLogic: March US Annual Home Price Growth Dips to Lowest Rate in More Than a Decade |
April 20, 2023
Existing-Home Sales Slid 2.4% in March |
April 19, 2023
Q1 Foreclosure Activity Trends Upward |
April 18, 2023
Uptick in Mortgage Interest Rates Nudges Down California Home Sales
in March, C.A.R. Reports |
April 03, 2023
February Home Prices See First Monthly Rise After Seven Straight Declines as Sales Pick Up on Lower Rates While Inventory Shrinks Even Further |
April 03, 2023
February Home Prices See First Monthly Rise After Seven Straight Declines as Sales Pick Up on Lower Rates While Inventory Shrinks Even Further |
March 29, 2023
FHFA Announces Enhanced Payment Deferral Policies for Borrowers Facing Financial Hardship |
March 21, 2023
Existing-Home Sales Surged 14.5% in February, Ending 12-Month Streak of Declines |
March 09, 2023
HUD Issues Final Rule to Offer 40-Year FHA Loan Mods |
March 07, 2023
CoreLogic: House Prices up 5.5% YoY in January; Declined 0.2% MoM in January NSA |
February 22, 2023
Forbearance Volume Falls Across All Investor Types in January |
February 21, 2023
Existing-Home Sales Declined 0.7% in January |
February 16, 2023
California Home Sales Inch Up 0.4% from December |
February 07, 2023
Peak Fall Mortgage Rates Further Cooled Home Price Growth in December, CoreLogic Reports |
January 30, 2023
FHA to Expand and Extend COVID-19 Mitigation Programs |
January 27, 2023
Pending Home Sales Increased 2.5% in December, Ending Six-Month Slide |
January 20, 2023
Existing-Home Sales Receded 1.5% in December |
January 06, 2023
More Home Sellers Offering Incentives to Buyers |
January 05, 2023
Housing Gains Have Slowed Significantly Since Q2 2022 |
January 03, 2023
Buyer Purchasing Power Index Ends 2022 31% Below a Year Earlier |
December 28, 2022
Pending Home Sales Slid 4.0% in November |
December 23, 2022
New Home Sales Increase to 640,000 Annual Rate in November |
December 21, 2022
Existing-Home Sales Dipped 7.7% in November |
December 16, 2022
Rapid Interest Rate Increases Continue to Depress California Home Sales and Prices in November, C.A.R. Reports |
December 06, 2022
US Annual Home Price Growth Slows to Half of Spring 2022 Peak, CoreLogic Reports |
December 05, 2022
8% of 2022 Mortgaged Home Purchases Now Underwater; FHA Loans See Early-Payment Defaults Rise |
December 01, 2022
FHA Issues Forward and Reverse Loan Limits for 2023 |
November 29, 2022
FHFA Announces Conforming Loan Limit Increase to $726,200 for 2023 |
November 23, 2022
New Home Sales Increased in October |
November 18, 2022
Existing-Home Sales Slumped 5.9% in October |
November 17, 2022
October Housing Starts: Homebuilding Activity Slows Again |
November 16, 2022
California home sales bear brunt of higher interest rates in October, C.A.R. reports |
November 10, 2022
Foreclosure Activity Up Nearly 60% Year-Over-Year |
November 01, 2022
CoreLogic: Home Prices Dropped by 0.5% in September From the Previous Month |
October 26, 2022
U.S. New Home Sales Fell 10.9% in September |
October 21, 2022
Freddie Mac: Rapidly Rising Rates and Declining Demand Driving a Housing Market Slowdown |
October 20, 2022
Existing-Home Sales Decreased 1.5% in September |
October 03, 2022
Black Knight Mortgage Monitor: "Home Prices Down Again in August. Now 2% Off June Peak |
September 28, 2022
Pending Home Sales Dropped 2.0% in August |
September 27, 2022
New Home Sales in August Up 28.8% from July |
September 21, 2022
Existing-Home Sales Down 0.4% in August |
September 16, 2022
August Home Sales and Price Notch Higher Amid Temporary Rate Reprieve, C.A.R. Reports |
September 09, 2022
Nationwide Foreclosure Starts Hit Pre-Pandemic Levels |
September 06, 2022
Cash-Out Refis Dominate Market, Increasing Risk Level |
September 05, 2022
CoreLogic: US Year-Over-Year Home Price Growth Dips Again in July |
September 04, 2022
The Housing Deficit is Worst in California — Almost a Million Homes Short |
September 02, 2022
California Home Sales Volume Tumbles in July 2022 |
August 18, 2022
Rising Interest Rates and Affordability Drag Down July California Home Sales and Prices |
August 15, 2022
US Homebuilder Confidence Hits Worst Slump Since 2007 Collapse |
August 09, 2022
Builders Are Stuck With Too Many Houses as US Buyers Pull Back |
August 09, 2022
July 2022 Monthly Housing Market Trends Report |
August 08, 2022
Half of Mortgaged Homes in US Now Considered Equity-Rich |
August 05, 2022
California’s Home Sales Volume Decline is Fully Underway as of June 2022 |
August 02, 2022
Home prices nationwide increased year over year by 18.3% in June 2022 |
July 28, 2022
Pending Home Sales Fell 8.6% in June |
July 27, 2022
New Home Sales Decrease Sharply to 590,000 Annual Rate in June |
July 25, 2022
U.S. Foreclosure Starts Up More Than 440% Year-Over-Year |
July 20, 2022
Existing-Home Sales Slid 5.4% in June |
July 15, 2022
Housing Inventory July 18th Update: Up 30% Year-over-year |
July 18, 2022
Record-Setting Drop in Builder Confidence in July |
July 08, 2022
California Buyer Purchasing Power Index (BPPI) Falls to New Low in Q2 2022 |
July 05, 2022
CoreLogic Data: National Home Price Gains Continue to Exceed 20% in May |
June 29, 2022
Another Week of Skyrocketing Real Estate Inventory |
June 27, 2022
US Pending Home Sales Edge Higher But Still Reel From Rate Rise |
June 26, 2022
Home Showings Across US Plunge 24%, Mortgage Rates Remain Elevated |
June 25, 2022
More Than 8 Million Americans Are Late on Rent as Prices Increase |
June 24, 2022
Black Knight: Past-Due Mortgages Fall to Third Consecutive Record Low in May |
June 21, 2022
May Existing Home Sales: Affordability Pumps the Brakes on Home Sales |
June 20, 2022
Buckle Up: Seller Price Cuts Rise in Spring 2022 |
June 16, 2022
Home Sales in California Dip Below Pre-Pandemic Levels, C.A.R. Reports |
June 10, 2022
Luxury-Home Sales Sink 18%, the Biggest Decline Since the Start of the Pandemic |
June 09, 2022
Mortgage Rates Increase |
June 07, 2022
Housing Market Hot but Not a Bubble, Economists Say |
June 06, 2022
May Marks Least Affordable Housing Market in 16 Years |
May 26, 2022
Pending Home Sales Descend 3.9% in April |
May 24, 2022
April New Home Sales: Mortgage Rates Stunt Growth |
May 19, 2022
Existing-Home Sales Retract 2.4% in April |
May 11, 2022
More Home Sellers Dropping Prices as Market Softens |
May 03, 2022
California Housing Affordability Shrinks in First-Quarter 2022 as Home Prices Set Record Highs and Interest Rates Rise, C.A.R. Reports |
April 30, 2022
Nearly Half of U.S. Mortgaged Residential Properties Considered Equity-Rich |
April 20, 2022
Home Insurance Premiums Rise in 30 States |
May 17, 2021
California April sales up 2.6% from March, Median price over $800,000 |
January 15, 2021
California Housing Market Sales Continue Strong in December While Median Price Reaches New Record High |
December 21, 2020
Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Increases to 5.49% |
December 21, 2020
Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Increases to 5.49% |
December 17, 2020
November Home Sales Up 26.3% from a Year Ago |
November 30, 2020
Governor Newsom Announces $500 Million in Grants for Businesses Impacted by COVID-19 |
November 24, 2020
FHFA Raises 2021 Fannie, Freddie Loan Limits |
November 23, 2020
Homes are Flying Off the Market, Despite Recession |
November 19, 2020
California State Issues Limited Stay at Home Order to Slow Spread of COVID-19 |
October 26, 2020
IRS Announces New Income Tax Rates for 2021 |
September 16, 2020
C.A.R. - California Housing Market Continues Recovery as Median Home Price Over $700,000 |
September 16, 2020
More Young Adults Live at Home Now Than During the Great Depression |
September 10, 2020
Yelp Reveals 60% Of Business Closures Are Now Permanent |
September 08, 2020
Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Declines to 7.16% |
September 09, 2020
Newsom Signs Bills to Support Small Businesses Grappling with Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic, Bolster Economic Recovery |
August 31, 2020
Newsom Signs Statewide COVID-19 Tenant and Landlord Protection Legislation |
August 27, 2020
FHFA Extends Foreclosure and REO Eviction Moratoriums |
August 25, 2020
New FHFA Mortgage-Refinance Fee Delayed to December 1st. |
August 17, 2020
C.A.R. Reports July Sales Up and Median Home Price Sets Record |
August 16, 2020
Why I Moved from California to Florida by Bruce Norris |
July 16, 2020
California June Home Sales 12.8 percent below June 2019 but Median Price Up |
July 14, 2020
Mortgage Delinquencies Hit Four-year High |
July 13, 2020
More Than 20 Million Renters Could Soon be Evicted |
July 10, 2020
FHA Employs “Waterfall Method” to Expand Home Retention Measures |
July 07, 2020
CoreLogic: House Prices Up 4.8% Year-Over-Year in May |
July 06, 2020
Black Knight Reports Tappable Home Equity Rises to Record $6.5 Trillion |
June 26, 2020
Unemployment Drives Highest US Home Price Overvaluation Since Financial Crisis |
June 22, 2020
Existing-Home Sales Fell 9.7% in May |
June 18, 2020
NAR - 47% of Homeowners have Considered Selling Their Home Due to Pandemic |
June 17, 2020
FHFA Extends Foreclosure Moratorium to End of August |
June 16, 2020
Pandemic Hits California Housing Market in May, C.A.R. Reports |
June 10, 2020
CoreLogic: 1.8 Million Homes with Negative Equity in Q1 2020 |
June 02, 2020
CoreLogic Expects 2021 to see First Home Price Decline in 9 Years |
June 01, 2020
Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Increases to 8.46% |
May 27, 2020
New Home Sales at 623,000 Annual Rate in April |
May 26, 2020
Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Increases to 8.36% |
May 21, 2020
Existing-Home Sales Decline 17.8% in April |
May 19, 2020
Housing Starts Decreased to 891,000 Annual Rate in April |
May 18, 2020
Redfin CEO Says Vacation Market is "Toast" |
May 18, 2020
California Housing Market Feels Full Brunt of Coronavirus Outbreak in April, C.A.R. Reports |
May 15, 2020
Governor Newsom Submits May Revision Budget with $54 Billion Deficit |
May 14, 2020
FHFA, FHA Extends Foreclosure, Eviction Moratoriums |
May 13, 2020
Fannie, Freddie Unveil New Payment Deferral Option for Loans in Forbearance |
May 11, 2020
Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Increases to 7.91% |
May 07, 2020
7.7% of Mortgages Now in Forbearance |
May 07, 2020
Coronavirus Causes Mortgage Lenders to Cut Credit to a 5-year Low |
May 06, 2020
Average Mortgage Rate is 3 Basis Points from All-Time Low |
May 05, 2020
Zillow Predicts 2-3% Price Drop in Home Prices This Year |
May 04, 2020
CoreLogic: House Prices Up 4.5% Year-over-year in March |
April 30, 2020
Wells Fargo joins Chase in Halting HELOCs |
April 29, 2020
Pending Home Sales Fall 16.3% in March |
April 27, 2020
“No Lump Sum Required at the End of Forbearance” says FHFA’s Director Calabria |
April 24, 2020
3.4 Million Homeowners Now in Forbearance |
April 23, 2020
New Home Sales Decrease to 627,000 Annual Rate in March |
April 23, 2020
Unemployment Unadjusted Claims for the week ending April 18th was 4,267,395. |
April 16, 2020
California’s March Home Sales Down 11.5% from February |
April 16, 2020
Chase Bank “Temporarily Pausing” HELOC Applications |
April 15, 2020
Opendoor Lays Off 35% of its Staff |
April 12, 2020
U.S., Saudi Arabia, Russia Agree to Lead Unprecedented Oil Output Deal |
April 12, 2020
JPMorgan Chase to Raise Borrowing Standards for Home Loans |
April 10, 2020
Generate a Mortgage Forbearance Request Letter with This Free Tool |
April 09, 2020
Federal Reserve Takes Additional Actions to Provide Up to $2.3 Trillion in Loans to Support the Economy
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April 08, 2020
Hotels: Occupancy Rate Declined 68.5% Year-over-year to All Time Record Low |
April 07, 2020
MBA Survey Shows Spike in Loans in Forbearance, Servicer Call Volume |
April 07, 2020
CoreLogic: House Prices up 4.1% Year-over-year in February |
April 06, 2020
Wells Fargo Reduces Mortgage Products Amid Coronavirus Outbreak |
April 02, 2020
HUD Issues New CARES ACT MORTGAGE PAYMENT RELIEF for FHA Single Family Homeowners |
April 02, 2020
Details of the SBA Loan Rescue Program for Small Business |
April 02, 2020
Forbearance in the CARES Act: A Review of Issues, Impact, and Mitigation Strategies |
March 27, 2020
Presidend Trump signs $2 Trillion CARES Act |
March 27, 2020
Governor Newsom Takes Executive Action to Establish a Statewide Moratorium on Evictions |
March 25, 2020
Governor Gavin Newsom Announces Major Financial Relief Package: 90-Day Mortgage Payment Relief During COVID-19 Crisis |
March 24, 2020
New Home Sales at 765,000 Annual Rate in February |
March 23, 2020
Top iBuyers Stop Buying Homes: Zillow, Redfin, Offerpad & Opendoor - All on Hold |
March 21, 2020
Wells Fargo Suspends Foreclosure Sales and Evictions |
March 20, 2020
NAR Reports Nationwide Existing-Home Sales Jumped 6.5% in February |
March 20, 2020
C.A.R. Reports Declining Interest Rates Bolster February Home Sales |
March 19, 2020
Governor Gavin Newsom Issues Stay at Home Order |
March 19, 2020
Bank of America Announces Support for Consumer and Small Business Clients Experiencing Hardship From the Impact of the Coronavirus |
March 18, 2020
Fannie Mae Announces Assistance Options for Homeowners Impacted by COVID-19 |
March 18, 2020
Freddie Mac Announces Enhanced Relief for Borrowers Impacted by COVID-19 |
March 18, 2020
HUD, FHFA Clarify Timeline for Foreclosure and Eviction Suspensions |
March 17, 2020
New Foreclosures Rose 3.5% From Prior Quarter |
March 16, 2020
Governor Newsom Issues Executive Order to Protect Renters and Homeowners During COVID-19 Pandemic |
March 15, 2020
Federal Reserve Cuts Rates To Zero, Announces $700BN QE5, Unveils Enhanced Global Swap Lines |
March 03, 2020
CoreLogic: House Prices up 4.0% Year-Over-Year in January |
March 02, 2020
6.5-Year High in Refinance Lending |
February 26, 2020
New Home Sales increase to 764,000 Annual Rate in January |
February 22, 2020
Wells Fargo Reaches $3B Settlement, Admits Pressuring Workers in Fake-Accounts Scandal |
February 21, 2020
Existing-Home Sales Drop 1.3% in January |
February 19, 2020
California Home Sales Maintain Last Year’s Momentum in January, C.A.R. Reports |
February 12, 2020
Q4 Mortgage Delinquencies Reach All-Time Low |
February 04, 2020
CoreLogic: December Home Prices Increased by 4.0% Year Over Year |
January 17, 2020
California December Home Sales up 7.4% Year-over-Year, Inventory Down 26.5% |
January 16, 2020
Recovery Riches: The U.S. Housing Market Gained $11 Trillion in Value in the 2010s |
January 06, 2020
CoreLogic Reports Home Prices Up 3.7% Year-to-Year for November |
December 31, 2019
Black Knight Mortgage Default Data for November |
December 29, 2019
Fed Continues to Purchase Mortgage-Backed Securities |
December 23, 2019
New Home Sales Up 16.9% from a Year Ago |
December 19, 2019
Existing-Home Sales Descend 1.7% in November |
December 17, 2019
California November Home Sales Off 0.3% from October |
December 11, 2019
CoreLogic Reports 78,000 Single-Family Properties Regained Equity in the Third Quarter of 2019 |
December 02, 2019
CoreLogic: House Prices Up 3.5% Year-Over-Year in October |
November 28, 2019
New Home Sales at 733,000 Annual Rate in October |
November 27, 2019
GDP 2.1 percent in the Third Quarter 2019. Corporate Profits Up Slightly |
November 26, 2019
Conforming Loan Limit Increased to $510,400 |
November 21, 2019
Existing-Home Sales Nationwide Climbed 1.9% in October |
November 18, 2019
California October Housing Report: Sales up 1.9% YoY, Inventory down 18% |
November 13, 2019
Household Debt Climbs in 3rd Quarter as Mortgage and Auto Loan Originations Grow |
November 07, 2019
3rd Quarter Housing Affordability Report |
November 05, 2019
CoreLogic: House Prices up 3.5% Year-over-year in September |
October 24, 2019
New Home Sales Decreased to 701,000 Annual Rate in September |
October 23, 2019
Existing-Home Sales Decrease 2.2% in September but Up 3.9% from a Year Ago |
October 21, 2019
Compass Launches Bridge Loan Services to Close Gap Between Selling and Buying a Home |
October 20, 2019
Curbio Review: Renovate Today, Pay When You Sell |
October 17, 2019
Builder Confidence Hits 20-Month High |
October 16, 2019
Lower Interests Bolster California Septemeber Home Sales |
October 10, 2019
Here’s How California’s Rent Control Law Will Work |
October 01, 2019
CoreLogic Reports August Home Prices Increased by 3.6% Year Over Year |
September 27, 2019
C.A.R. Releases its 2020 California Housing Market Forecast |
September 26, 2019
GDP 2nd Quarter (Third Estimate) at 2% |
September 25, 2019
August New Home Sales 713,000 up 7.1% from the Revised Rate of 666,000 in July |
September 19, 2019
Existing-Home Sales Increase 1.3% Nationally in August |
September 17, 2019
Low Interest Rates Boost California Housing Market as Median Home Price Sets Another Record |
September 03, 2019
CoreLogic: July Home Prices Increased by 3.6% Year Over Year |
August 31, 2019
Financial Chaos - the Unstoppable Surge in Negative Yields Reach $17 Trillion |
August 30, 2019
30-year Fixed Rate Mortgage at 3.71% |
August 26, 2019
Market Turn - Fewer Homebuyers Enter Bidding Wars in 2019 |
August 15, 2019
California July Home Sales up 1.1% from Home Sales in July 2018 |
August 13, 2019
Total Household Debt Climbs for 20th Straight Quarter as Mortgage Debt and Originations Rise |
August 07, 2019
California Housing Affordability Dips in the Second Quarter of 2019, C.A.R. Reports |
August 06, 2019
CoreLogic Reports Home Prices Nationwide Increased Year-Over-Year by 3.4% |
August 05, 2019
30-Year Fixed Rates Lowest Since November 2016 |
July 24, 2019
New Home Sales in West Bounce Back, Carry National Numbers Higher |
July 23, 2019
Existing-Home Sales Down 1.7% in June as Prices Set Record High |
July 02, 2019
CoreLogic: House Prices Up 3.6% Year-Over-Year in May |
July 01, 2019
30 Year Mortgage Rates at 3.875% |
June 25, 2019
New Home Sales in May Decreased 3.7% from May 2018 |
June 17, 2019
California May Home Sales and Price Report |
June 10, 2019
“The Skid Is Everywhere”, And We Just Received More Confirmation That The Worst Is Yet To Come |
May 16, 2019
April 2019 Home Sales in California Down 4.8% from April 2018 but Median Price Up 3.2% to $602,920 |
May 07, 2019
CoreLogic Reports March Home Prices Increased by 3.7% Year Over Year |
May 04, 2019
Luxury Home Sales See Biggest Slump in Nearly a Decade |
May 01, 2019
Goldman Sachs Completes 77% of $1.8B Target for Consumer-Relief Under Mortgage Settlements |
April 23, 2019
Black Knight: National Mortgage Delinquency Rate Decreased in March |
April 16, 2019
California March 2019 Home Sales Down 6.3% from March 2018 |
April 02, 2019
CoreLogic Reports February Home Prices Increased by 4% Year Over Year |
March 29, 2019
February New Home Sales Increased to 667,000 Annual Rate |
March 22, 2019
Mortgage Rates Down to 4.125% |
March 20, 2019
The Fed Officially Announces Big Bond-Buying Change |
March 19, 2019
California Home Sales Rebound But Median Price Dips |
March 18, 2019
Court Approves $13.8M Wells Fargo Settlement |
March 10, 2019
37 Million Credit Card Accounts Were 90 Days Past Due In 4Q18 |
March 05, 2019
CoreLogic: House Prices Up 4.4% Year-over-year in January |
February 28, 2019
Wells Fargo Reaches $240 million Settlement Over Millions of Unauthorized Bank Accounts |
February 25, 2019
Housing Starts Decreased to 1.078 Million Annual Rate in December |
February 20, 2019
California Home Sales Fall to Lowest Level in More Than 10 Years, C.A.R. Reports |
February 15, 2019
Mortgage Delinquencies Dropped to 18-Year Low in the Fourth Quarter of 2018 |
February 12, 2019
California Housing Affordability Inches up in Fourth Quarter 2018, C.A.R. Reports |
February 04, 2019
CoreLogic: House Prices up 4.7% Year-over-year in December |
January 30, 2019
NAR: Pending Home Sales Dip 2.2 Percent in December |
January 23, 2019
Black Knight: Delinquency Rate Entering 2019 Lowest of Any Year Since the Turn of the Century |
January 22, 2019
Existing-Home Sales Drop 6.4% in December |
January 17, 2019
California Home Sales Close Year on Downward Trend |
January 15, 2019
Sacramento Housing in December: Sales Down 22% YoY, Active Inventory up 36% YoY |
January 09, 2019
Black Knight Mortgage Monitor for November |
January 08, 2019
Las Vegas Real Estate in December: Sales Down 17% YoY, Inventory up 82% YoY |
December 28, 2018
Wells Fargo to Pay at Least $500 Million in Settlement with U.S. States |
December 18, 2018
California November Home Sales Down 13.4% from November 2017 |
December 16, 2018
Sacramento: Sales Down 7% YoY, Active Inventory up 23% YoY |
December 14, 2018
California Bay Area Home Sales Decline 17% YoY in November, Inventory up 27% YoY |
December 13, 2018
The Mortgage Bankers Association Predicts New Home Sales Down Sharply |
December 12, 2018
3rd Quarter 2108 OCC's Forclosure Mortgage Metrics Report |
December 11, 2018
California Home Sales Slowest for an October in Seven Years |
December 06, 2018
Homeowners with Negative Equity Decline by Only 81,000 in the Third Quarter of 2018 |
December 04, 2018
CoreLogic Reports October Home Prices Increased by 5.4 Percent Year Over Year |
November 28, 2018
U.S. New Home Sales Drop to More Than 2-1/2-Year Low |
November 27, 2018
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Raise 2019 Conforming Loan Limits |
November 26, 2018
Power Lines Preventing LA Homeowners from Building ADUs |
November 21, 2018
Inventory Climbs Meaningfully for the First Time in Almost Four Years |
November 19, 2018
San Fernando Valley Home Prices Cool Off After Record-Setting Summer |
November 16, 2018
Fannie Mae Offering Relief Programs in Wildfire Areas |
November 15, 2018
California Home Sales Declined Again in October |
November 13, 2018
Homes Sales and Prices in California May Have Hit an Affordability Tipping Point |
November 12, 2018
Home Affordability: Canada vs. US |
November 08, 2018
CoreLogic: Easing Standards for DTI, LTV Underwriting |
November 01, 2018
California Housing Affordability Down 1% from a Year Ago |
October 30, 2018
California Bay Area Home Sales Decline 20% YoY in September, Inventory up 14% YoY |
October 25, 2018
The $80 Trillion World Economy in One Chart |
October 24, 2018
U.S. New Home Sales Near Two-Year Low |
October 23, 2018
California Housing Market Experiencing Shift as Home Sales Continue Descent in September, C.A.R. reports |
October 22, 2018
Home Buyers Need 7.2 Years to Save Down Payments – 1.5 Years More Than in 1988 |
October 17, 2018
Mortgage Rates Remain at Highest Levels in Seven Years to 4.69% |
October 19, 2018
Existing-Home Sales Decline Across the Country in September |
October 18, 2018
Housing Starts Decreased to 1.201 Million Annual Rate in September |
October 16, 2018
Listing Price Reductions Are Increasing, Especially at High End |
October 15, 2018
FICO Plans Big Shift in Credit-Score Calculations, Potentially Boosting Millions of Borrowers |
October 11, 2018
California Association of Realtors Releases 2019 California Housing Market Forecast |
October 02, 2018
Home Price Gains at Two-Year Lows |
September 26, 2018
New Home Sales Reverse Course, Ending Two-Month Deficit |
September 22, 2018
Merrill Lynch: Existing Home Sales have Peaked |
September 20, 2018
CoreLogic: 2.2 Million Homes Still in Negative Equity at End of Q2 2018 |
September 17, 2018
California’s Housing Market Falters for Fourth Straight Month |
September 10, 2018
Tappable Equity Surpasses $6 Trillion for First Time; 44 Million Homeowners with Mortgages Now Have Tappable Equity |
September 04, 2018
CoreLogic Reports July Home Prices Increased by 6.2 Percent |
August 31, 2018
Fannie Mae: Mortgage Serious Delinquency Rate Decreased in July, Lowest Since Oct 2007 |
August 30, 2018
Los Angeles Home Prices Drop for the First Time Since January |
August 25, 2018
Rushmore’s Rating Surges on Servicing Practices |
August 22, 2018
Home-Value Growth Slowing in Several Hot Markets |
August 17, 2018
Household Debt Rises to New Peak |
August 16, 2018
California’s Housing Market Retreats for Third Straight Month as Affordability Crunch Dampens Demand |
August 10, 2018
Homeowners With Wells Fargo Mortgages Can Sue Wells Fargo If They Were Denied Permanent Loan Modifications |
August 07, 2018
Technical Error Led to Foreclosures, Says Wells Fargo |
August 06, 2018
CoreLogic - June Home Prices Increased by 6.8% Year-Over-Year |
August 01, 2018
Wells Fargo Settles Allegations of Fraud for $2.09B |
July 26, 2018
New Home Sales Down 5.3% |
July 24, 2018
National Existing Home Sales Fall for Third Month Despite Increasing Inventories |
July 23, 2018
California Home Sales Down 7.3 percent from June 2017 |
July 21, 2018
Has Streamlining Benefited Loan Mods? |
July 07, 2018
HELOC Equity Withdrawals Hit a Low |
July 05, 2018
When Are People with Foreclosures and Short Sales Eligible to Borrow Again? |
June 30, 2018
CoreLogic - May Home Prices Increased by 7.1% |
June 26, 2018
Zillow – Average Home Seller Only Earned $15,000 After Adjusting for Inflation |
June 21, 2018
Inventory Woes: Are They Worse Than They Look? |
June 19, 2018
California Median Home Price Sets New Record as Home Sales Dial Back |
June 07, 2018
CoreLogic Reports Home Equity Gains Topped $1 Trillion in the First Quarter of 2018 |
June 05, 2018
CoreLogic Reports April Home Prices Up 6.9% |
May 31, 2018
Millions of U.S. Homeowners Still Under Water on Mortgages |
May 30, 2018
People Are Leaving California In Droves |
May 28, 2018
Remodeling Activity Soars, Breaks Records |
May 25, 2018
Existing Home Sales Reverse Course, Down 3% |
May 24, 2018
U.S. Households Are Cashing In on Equity |
May 23, 2018
Store-Branded Credit Card Delinquencies Hit 7-Year High |
May 17, 2018
First Quarter 2018 Housing Affordability |
May 15, 2018
California April Home Sales and Price Report |
April 30, 2018
CoreLogic Reports Home Prices Up Again in March by 7% |
April 24, 2018
Home Buyer's Dilemma Explained in One Picture |
April 20, 2018
Weak Credit Growth Leaves The Economy Vulnerable |
April 19, 2018
Rates on Closed Loans at 4 Year High |
April 17, 2018
California Home Sales Tick Higher in March as Median Price Reaches Eight-Month High |
April 13, 2018
Wells Fargo Faces $1 Billion Fine from Loan Abuses |
April 12, 2018
Subprime Mortgages Morph into 'Non-Prime' Loans and Demand Soars |
April 10, 2018
The Housing ATM is Back – Cash-out Share of All Refis Hits Pre-Crisis Levels |
April 06, 2018
CoreLogic - Home Prices in February Up 6.7% Year-Over-Year |
April 02, 2018
Carrington Mortgage Launches Line of Subprime Mortgages |
March 29, 2018
Affordability is Declining, Likely to Get Worse |
March 18, 2018
California Housing Market Bounces Back in February |
March 15, 2018
Money Defined |
March 13, 2018
Making Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief Permanent |
March 12, 2018
2.5 Million Homes Still in Negative Equity at End of 2017 |
March 06, 2018
National Home Prices Increased 6.6% Year Over Year in January |
February 26, 2018
U.S. Home Prices Ended 2017 Up 6.62% |
February 23, 2018
Interest on Home Equity Loans Often Still Deductible Under New Law |
February 21, 2018
Existing-Home Sales Slip 3.2 Percent in January |
February 19, 2018
Former Washington Mutual Parent Company Acquires Mr. Cooper |
February 16, 2018
January Homes Sales Down 2.9% from January 2017 |
February 07, 2018
CoreLogic - Home Prices Up More Than 6 Percent Year-Over-Year |
January 30, 2018
Q4 2017 Homeownership Rate |
January 24, 2018
Los Angeles County Home Prices Up 10% in 2017 |
January 23, 2018
New Home Sales Decline 9.3% in December |
January 15, 2018
Freddie Mac Closes First Single-Family Rental Lending |
January 05, 2018
CoreLogic: House Prices up 7.0% Year-over-year in November |
December 28, 2017
Total Value of All U.S. Homes: $31.8 Trillion |
December 22, 2017
New Home Sales Surge to Highest Point Since 2007 |
December 21, 2017
Bayview Loan Servicing Loses Foreclosure Case |
December 20, 2017
Existing-Home Sales Soar 5.6 Percent in November to Strongest Pace in Over a Decade |
December 12, 2017
Looking Back at Loan Modifications Success |
December 11, 2017
Fannie & Freddie Conforming Loan Limits Raised Up to $679,650 |
December 07, 2017
CoreLogic - Homeowner Equity Increased by Almost $871 Billion in Q3 2017 |
December 05, 2017
CoreLogic - US Home Prices Up 7% Year-Over-Year |
November 27, 2017
New Home Sales Beat Economist's Expectations |
November 21, 2017
California's Homeowner Bill of Rights Changes for 2018 |
November 14, 2017
Delinquencies Signal "Final Stages" of Recovery |
November 09, 2017
FHFA Monthly Foreclosure Prevention Report |
November 07, 2017
CoreLogic - Home Prices Increased 7% Year-Over-Year |
October 25, 2017
New Home Sales Surge Most in 28 Years on Percentage Basis |
October 23, 2017
Gov. Brown Signs 15 Housing Bills to Address Housing Affordability |
October 18, 2017
Existing California Home Sales in September Up 1.7% from September 2016 |
October 12, 2017
C.A.R. - Home Sales and Median Price to Increase in 2018 but at a Slower Pace |
October 11, 2017
Ocwen Reaches Resolutions with 17 States |
October 03, 2017
CoreLogic: House Prices up 6.9% Year-Over-Year in August |
September 27, 2017
New Home Inventory Crosses 6-Month Supply Mark as Sales Lag |
September 26, 2017
Case-Shiller: National House Price Index increased 5.9% Year-Over-Year in July |
September 21, 2017
CoreLogic - 2.8 Million Homes Still in Negative Equity |
September 14, 2017
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Reduce Modification Interest Rate |
September 13, 2017
A Reverse Mortgage Can Be Foreclosed On! |
September 12, 2017
CoreLogic: Mortgage Delinquencies Continue Falling in June |
September 08, 2017
California Dreaming – More Than a Third of California Households have Virtually no Savings. |
September 07, 2017
Equifax Data Breach: 143 Million People Could be Affected |
September 05, 2017
CoreLogic: Home Prices Jump 6.7% Annually in July |
August 31, 2017
Wells Fargo Scandal Deepens: 1.4 Million More Fake Accounts |
August 24, 2017
Foreclosure Inventory Below 400,000 for the First Time Since February 2007 |
August 17, 2017
HARP Extended Through 2018 |
August 16, 2017
Number of Equity Rich Properties Hits 14 Million in Q2 |
August 14, 2017
Household Debt Reaches Record High |
August 11, 2017
Why Housing Inventory Is the Lowest It’s Been in 20 Years |
August 10, 2017
SunTrust Completes Consumer Relief Requirements Under National Mortgage Settlement |
August 07, 2017
Low-Down-Payment Purchase Lending at Seven-Year High |
August 04, 2017
Wells Fargo Warns of a “significant increase” in Fake Accounts Created by Employees |
August 01, 2017
CoreLogic Home Price Index Up 6.7% Year over Year in June |
July 31, 2017
Homeownership Costs More Than Buyers Realize |
July 24, 2017
Existing-Home Sales Retreat 1.8 Percent in June |
July 18, 2017
U.S. Home Sales to Foreigners Surge 49% to New Record |
July 17, 2017
California Home Sales and Median Price Higher in June |
July 13, 2017
OCC: 1st Quarter Mortgage Servicer Report Card |
July 10, 2017
Wells Fargo $142 Million Settlement Over Fake Accounts Nears Final Approval |
July 05, 2017
California Credit Unions Increase First-Mortgages by 14% Year-to-Year |
June 26, 2017
Lenders Continue to Loosen Credit Standards |
June 25, 2017
U.S. Home Prices Hit Another New Peak, Up 5.8 Percent Year-Over-Year |
June 23, 2017
New Home Prices Set New Record |
June 21, 2017
No More Offshoring: Nationstar Moving All Customer Service Operations Back to the U.S. |
June 20, 2017
Price Per Square Foot Highest Since the End of 2007 |
June 16, 2017
New Scandal - Wells Fargo Sued Over Unauthorized Changes to Home Loans |
June 15, 2017
Fannie & Freddie Selling Non-performing Loans at Record Pace |
June 09, 2017
Mom-and-Pop Flippers Make Up 69% of the Market |
June 08, 2017
30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rate Continues to Fall |
June 07, 2017
Statistics from Core Logic's First Quarter Equity Report |
June 06, 2017
Fannie Mae Raises Debt-to-Income ratio to 50% an Attempt to Expand Mortgage Lending |
June 05, 2017
Nationstar Puts Lipstick On A Pig And Calls It Mr. Cooper |
May 25, 2017
CAR: California Pending Homes Sales Drop Four Months in a Row |
May 24, 2017
Guild Mortgage Launches 1% Down Loan Program |
May 18, 2017
Bank of America Opens Debate on Lowering Mortgage Down Payments |
May 17, 2017
US Household Debt Rises to All-Time Highs |
May 12, 2017
Wells Fargo Fake Accounts Balloon To An Estimated 3.5 Million |
May 10, 2017
Foreclosure Activity Drops to Lowest Level Since 2005 |
May 02, 2017
Seriously Underwater Properties Down 1.2 Million From a Year Ago in Q1 2017 |
May 01, 2017
19% of Active HELOCs Are Scheduled to Reset in 2017 |
April 28, 2017
National Supply of Homes for Sale Has Fallen to Early 2000s Level |
April 24, 2017
Black Knight: Home Prices Hit Post Crisis Peak |
April 21, 2017
Ocwen Responds to Suit from CFPB, 21 States |
April 20, 2017
Wells Fargo Increases Fake Account Class Action Settlement to $142 million |
April 17, 2017
Former Wells Fargo Exec Claims Bank Fired Her for Refusing to Scam Customers |
April 16, 2017
Settlement Approved: Wells Fargo Customers Will Get $50 million for Overcharged Mortgage Fees |
April 15, 2017
10 Shocking Passages from Wells Fargo's Internal Report on Unethical Sales Practices |
April 02, 2017
San Francisco Bay Area Home Sales Sink to Lowest Level Since 2008, Median Home Price Jumps 12.8 Percent Y-o-Y to $750,000 |
April 01, 2017
Southern California Median Price Jumps 10 Percent Year-over-Year |
March 31, 2017
Morgan Stanley Passes $300 Million in Consumer Relief in Mortgage Bond Settlement |
March 30, 2017
Wells Fargo in Another Lawsuit Over Defective Mortgage Securities |
March 29, 2017
Wells Fargo Settles Fake-Account Lawsuit for $110 Million |
March 28, 2017
Deutsche Bank Looks at Other Options to Fulfill Consumer Relief Settlement Requirements |
March 24, 2017
BofA Fulfills Settlement Ahead of Schedule |
March 17, 2017
CFPB Orders $1.75 Million Penalty Against Nationstar |
March 14, 2017
Santa Ana Offering $40,000 in Down Payment Assistance for First-time Buyers |
March 13, 2017
CoreLogic - 10-Year Foreclosure Crisis Recap |
March 09, 2017
1 Million Borrowers Regain Equity in 2016 |
March 08, 2017
Home Flipping Hits 10-year High in 2016 |
February 22, 2017
U.S. Home Sales Hit 10-year High, Prices Soar |
February 20, 2017
Household Debt to Hit New Record in 2017 |
February 18, 2017
Altisource Portfolio Solutions to Pay $32 Million to Settle Class Action Suit Over Ocwen Relationship |
February 17, 2017
Ocwen, California Settle for $223 Million. New Mortgage Servicing Restrictions Lifted |
February 08, 2017
Nationstar Officially Begins Transition to Mr. Cooper |
February 02, 2017
Goldman Sachs Earns $100 Million Credit Toward $1.8 billion Consumer Relief Obligation |
January 31, 2017
Black Knight: California Home Prices 8.1% from 2006 Peak |
January 30, 2017
Citigroup Selling $97 Billion Mortgage Servicing Portfolio |
January 25, 2017
Federal Banking Agencies Fine ServiceLink Holdings $65 Million |
January 24, 2017
Existing-Home Sales Slide in December; 2016 Sales Best Since 2006 |
January 23, 2017
Citi Mortgage Units Fined $28.8 Million |
January 18, 2017
Will the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act be Extended? |
January 17, 2017
Deutsche Bank Finalizes $7.2 billion Settlement with DOJ |
January 13, 2017
Moody’s to Pay $864 Million to Settle Inquiry Into Inflated Ratings |
January 04, 2017
California Building 100,000 Too Few Homes per Year |
January 03, 2017
CoreLogic - Home Prices Up 7.1% in November |
December 29, 2016
Wall Street Journal – the Return of the House Flipper in California |
December 24, 2016
Mortgage Settlements Since 2009 |
December 23, 2016
Credit Suisse Agrees $5.3 Billion U.S. Mortgage Settlement |
December 22, 2016
Deutsche Bank to Settle Mortgage Inquiry for $7.2 Billion |
December 21, 2016
Home Affordability at Worst Point Since 2008 |
December 17, 2016
New Los Angeles Law Helps Tenants When Their Landlords Offer Buyouts |
December 15, 2016
Wells Fargo Sued Over Missing Info in ARM Reset Notices |
December 14, 2016
Fannie, Freddie Replace HAMP with Flex Modification Program Starting October 2017 |
December 07, 2016
Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac Raise Modification Interest Rate for First Time in 2016 |
December 01, 2016
An Economic Threat: Financial Leverage in Credit Default Swaps |
November 30, 2016
BofA Completes 97% of the $7 Billion Consumer Relief Mandate |
November 29, 2016
Case-Shiller National Index Reaches New High |
November 23, 2016
FHFA Increases Conforming Loan Limits for First Time Since 2006 |
November 14, 2016
Fitch: End of HAMP Reduces Options for Struggling U.S. Homeowners |
November 09, 2016
3 Qtr California Housing Affordability |
November 03, 2016
Median Home Prices Finally Pass Housing Boom Levels, Hit All-Time High |
November 02, 2016
California Year-to-Date Sales Down 3.7 Percent from 2015, September Median Prices Up 6.6 Percent Year-over-Year |
October 27, 2016
Ocwen Facing CFPB Investigation for Servicing Practices |
October 26, 2016
Why Credit Scores Are Improving for Previously Foreclosed Borrowers |
October 25, 2016
Subprime No-Down-Payment Mortgages Surge, “Shadow Banks” Dominate |
October 20, 2016
Bank of America Doubles Annual Commitment to $1 Billion for 3% Down Mortgages |
October 04, 2016
CoreLogic US Home Prices Up 6.2% Year Over Year in August |
September 30, 2016
C.A.R. 2017 California Housing Market Forecast |
September 29, 2016
Low Down Payment Mortgages Becoming More Popular |
September 27, 2016
California Year-to-Date Sales Down 3.4 Percent, Median Prices Up 4.8 Percent |
September 23, 2016
MBA Task Force Proposes Loan Modification Program to Succeed HAMP |
September 22, 2016
Chase Completes Settlement Obligation Ahead of Schedule |
September 16, 2016
Ex-Wells Fargo Employee Reveals Secret Culture of Shocking Bank Practices |
September 16, 2016
Streamline Home Affordable Mortgage Program Adds to Modificaiton in the 2nd Quarter |
September 15, 2016
California Housing Market Loses Momentum in August as Affordability Crunch Stifles Home Sales |
September 08, 2016
Wells Fargo Fined $185 Million for Creating 2 Million Fake Bank & Credit Card Accounts |
August 29, 2016
How Much Income Do You Need to Buy the Median-Priced Home in the Top Housing Markets? |
August 26, 2016
FHA Announces "Streamlined" Loss Mitigation Process for Mortgage Servicers |
August 25, 2016
HARP Extended to September 2017; New HARP Program October 2017 |
August 17, 2016
Zillow: More than 10% of Homeowners Still Underwater |
August 15, 2016
Fannie Mae Updates Foreclosure & Modification Servicing Guides |
August 10, 2016
Affordability - Minimum Annual Income hits $101,217 to Purchase Median-Priced Home in California |
August 04, 2016
CFPB Updates Mortgage Servicing Rules Regarding Foreclosure Protections |
August 02, 2016
CoreLogic: US Home Prices Up 5.7% Year Over Year |
July 27, 2016
U.S. Expands Crackdown on Secret Real Estate Buyers |
July 26, 2016
Fannie Mae Making It Easier to Get a 3% Down Loan |
July 25, 2016
Black Knight: House Price Index up 1.1% in May, Up 5.4% year-over-year |
July 22, 2016
Median Price Hits 9-Year High, Up 6.3 Percent from June 2015 |
July 18, 2016
Counsel’s Corner: Are Loan Mod Lawsuits Just Stall Tactics? |
July 15, 2016
FirstREX Will Provide Half Your Down Payment in Exchange for Future Appreciation |
July 12, 2016
Foreclosures, Serious Delinquencies Nearing Decade Low |
July 11, 2016
FHFA Clarifies Principal Reduction Eligibility |
July 05, 2016
CoreLogic US Home Prices Up 5.9% Year-Over-Year |
June 28, 2016
S&P/CASE-SHILLER Home Price Index Increased 5% Year-Over-Year |
June 27, 2016
Black Knight Home Price Index Up 5.4% Year-Over-Year |
June 24, 2016
Quicken Loans Offers 1% Down Purchase Loans |
June 23, 2016
New Home Sales Decline 6%, Median Price Down 9.3%, Builders Offer Concessions |
June 16, 2016
California May Sales Down 4.7 Percent Year-over-Year, Median Price Unchanged |
June 15, 2016
FHFA: HAMP Borrowers Facing Resets? |
June 14, 2016
CoreLogic Reports 37,000 Completed Foreclosures in April 2016 |
June 09, 2016
CoreLogic Reports 268,000 US Homeowners Regained Equity in the First Quarter of 2016 |
June 06, 2016
Number of Loan Modifications since 2007 Equals the Number of Liquidations |
May 28, 2016
Chase Fulfills $3.9B of $4B RMBS Settlement Requirement |
May 27, 2016
Chase Launches its Own 3% Down Payment Mortgage Program |
May 26, 2016
Wells Fargo Partners with Fannie Mae & Self-Help to Launch "yourFirst" 3% Down Payment Mortgages |
May 20, 2016
California Home Sales Off to Slowest Start Since 2008 |
May 10, 2016
Increase of Rental Units Contributing to California’s Tight Housing Inventory |
May 09, 2016
Fannie & Freddie Mortgage Modification Interest Rate Drops to Record Low |
May 07, 2016
Home Builders Say They Are Squeezed by Rising Compliance Costs |
May 03, 2016
CoreLogic - Home Prices Up 6.7 Percent Year Over Year in March |
April 23, 2016
Q1 2016 Market Report: Tight Inventory, Rapid Price Growth |
April 22, 2016
S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Increase Slows Down in February |
April 21, 2016
Treasury Dept. Allocates Final $1 Billion to States Under Hardest Hit Fund |
April 20, 2016
California AG Backs Expansion of Homeowners' Bill of Rights |
April 15, 2016
Top Fifth of California Taxpayers Pay 90% of Income Taxes |
April 14, 2016
FHFA Authorizes Principal Reduction for GSE Loans |
April 13, 2016
The Affordability Crisis: What Happens When Millennials Can’t Afford to Buy Homes? |
April 08, 2016
Chase CEO says Mortgage Business Almost Not Worth It |
April 07, 2016
Freddie Mac Reports U.S. Mortgage Rates Hit Lowest Level in Over a Year |
April 06, 2016
Wells Fargo Admits Deception in $1.2 Billion U.S. Mortgage Accord |
April 05, 2016
CoreLogic US Home Prices Up 6.8% Year Over Year in February 2016 |
March 31, 2016
Servicers Need to Simplify Mods When Collateral Changes Hands |
March 30, 2016
Mortgage Portfolios at the Largest Banks Continue to Decline |
March 28, 2016
Black Knight Home Price Index Up 5.3 Percent Year-Over-Year |
March 23, 2016
Decision on Principal Reduction for Fannie and Freddie Loans Expected in 30 Days. |
March 22, 2016
FHFA: Home Prices Continue to Increase |
March 18, 2016
HAMP: Managing Higher Payments After Interest Rate Resets |
March 16, 2016
California February Home Sales Increase |
March 11, 2016
HUD Scorecard Helping Struggling Homeowners |
March 10, 2016
2016’s Property Taxes by State |
March 06, 2016
Guidance on Termination of Making Home Affordable Program |
March 03, 2016
Original NMS Servicers BofA, Chase, Citi, Wells Fargo Pass Final Test |
March 01, 2016
CoreLogic - Home Prices Up 6.9% Year Over Year in January |
February 24, 2016
Annual New Home Sales/Prices Fall For First Time Since 2014 |
February 23, 2016
Case Shiller Index Marginally Increased in December |
February 22, 2016
Bank of America Now Offers 3% Down Mortgages Without Mortgage Insurance |
February 19, 2016
Treasury Adds $2 Billion to Hardest Hit Fund, Extends Program to 2020 |
February 18, 2016
Banks Speeding Up Repossessions of Foreclosed Homes |
February 17, 2016
Calif. Supreme Court Lets Borrowers Challenge Wrongful Foreclosures |
February 16, 2016
CAR - January Home Sales and Price Report |
February 11, 2016
4th Qtr California Housing Affordability
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February 05, 2016
HSBC Reaches $601M Settlement Over Charges of 'Abusive Mortgage Practices' |
February 03, 2016
Wells Fargo to Pay $1.2 Billion to Settle Claims It Made Reckless FHA Loans and Concealed Them |
February 02, 2016
CoreLogic - Home Prices Up 6.3% Year Over Year in December 2015 |
January 21, 2016
Short Sellers Can't Be Sued for Balance of Debt, Court Rules |
January 15, 2016
CAR - California Home Sales Increase in December After Temporary Setback in November |
January 14, 2016
Goldman Sachs Reaches $5 billion Settlement Over Toxic Mortgage Bond Claims |
January 13, 2016
1.1 Million U.S. Properties with Foreclosure Filings in 2015, Down 3 Percent From 2014 |
January 12, 2016
JPMorgan Chase Close to Fulfilling RMBS Settlement Obligation |
January 11, 2016
Is HELOC Demand About to Skyrocket? |
January 04, 2016
Black Knight - California Home Prices Pulling Back |
December 30, 2015
Is Nationstar About to Completely Rebrand Itself? |
December 29, 2015
Case-Shiller 5.2% Annual Price Increase Year-Over-Year for October |
December 20, 2015
Servicers Count on Rate Hike to Improve Fortunes in 2016 |
December 18, 2015
New TRID Rules Depress Sales and Distort Median Prices - Real Property Report, November 2015 |
December 17, 2015
Settlement Monitor: All Mortgage Servicers Made the Grade |
December 09, 2015
FHA Announces New Loan Limits To Take Effect January 1st |
December 06, 2015
Consumers Aren’t Getting Fannie, Freddie 3% Down Mortgages |
December 04, 2015
Administration Considering Extension of HAMP Servicing Rules |
December 03, 2015
State Supreme Court Tosses Newhall Ranch Development’s Enviromental Report |
December 02, 2015
Housing Bubble 2 in One Chart |
December 01, 2015
CoreLogic - US Home Prices Up 6.8 Percent Year Over Year in October |
November 25, 2015
C.A.R. Disappointed FHFA Not Increasing Conforming Loan Limits in 2016 |
November 24, 2015
S&P/Case Shiller Reports Home Prices Up 4.9% in September Year-Over-Year |
November 23, 2015
FHFA Says House Price Index for 17th Consecutive Quarter |
November 22, 2015
Existing Home Sales Decline 3.4% From September |
November 20, 2015
National Mortgage Risk Indexfor Purchase Loans Continues to Increase |
November 19, 2015
CoreLogic: Cash Sales on Track to Return to Pre-Crisis Level in 2017 |
November 18, 2015
December Deadline to Claim Independent Foreclosure Review Relief Funds |
November 17, 2015
California Home Sales in October Down From September |
November 12, 2015
NAR - Home Prices Sustain Steady Growth in Third Quarter |
November 11, 2015
Nationstar Settles for $77 Million Over ‘Force Placed Insurance’ |
November 07, 2015
Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Records 3Q Loss |
November 06, 2015
Bank of America at Halfway Mark in $7 billion Consumer Relief Settlement |
November 05, 2015
Fannie, Freddie Lower Mod Interest Rate to 3.875% |
November 04, 2015
Wells Fargo to Pay $81.6 million to Bankrupt U.S. Homeowners |
November 03, 2015
CoreLogic - Home Prices Up 6.4 Percent Year Over Year |
October 30, 2015
BofA Reaches $335 Million Settlement Over Mortgages, MERS |
October 29, 2015
Ocwen Posts Big Loss, Erasing Profits for 2015 |
October 28, 2015
Case-Shiller National Index Up 4.7% year-over-year in August |
October 27, 2015
Black Knight - Home Prices Up 5.6% Since January |
October 26, 2015
New Home Sales Collapse 11.5% in September |
October 23, 2015
Cash Sales Share Drops to 9-year Low |
October 22, 2015
Ocwen Fails Four Servicing Tests But Makes Progress: Settlement Monitor |
October 16, 2015
September Home Sales and Price Report |
October 07, 2015
Black Knight: Cash-out Refis Up 68% Since 2Q 2014 |
October 06, 2015
CoreLogic - US Prices Up Almost 7 Percent From August 2014 |
October 05, 2015
Current First-Lien Mortgages Up to 93.8% |
September 30, 2015
Chase is Close to Fulfilling Consumer Relief Obligation for RMBS Settlement |
September 28, 2015
Case-Shiller: National House Price Index Increased 4.7% year-over-year in July |
September 25, 2015
New Single Family Home Sales Totaled 45,000 for August |
September 24, 2015
Ocwen Cutting 10% of U.S. Workforce |
September 22, 2015
California Sales Stuck in Doldrums, Down 13.1 Percent from July |
September 16, 2015
California Home Sales Slow in August C.A.R. Reports |
September 15, 2015
Fannie Mae Drops Mortgage Modification Interest Rate to Lowest Level Ever |
September 09, 2015
FED'S QE Timeline |
September 04, 2015
Freddie Mac Joins Fannie Mae in Extending Foreclosure Timelines |
September 03, 2015
Fannie Mae Raises Number of Allowable Days for Foreclosure Proceedings in 33 States |
August 31, 2015
CoreLogic - National Home Prices Rose 6.9% Year Over Year in July 2015 |
August 26, 2015
Los Angeles and Orange County Home Prices up 6.3%, Outpacing National Average |
August 25, 2015
New Home Sales Rise 5.4% In July. What? |
August 24, 2015
Black Knight: House Price Index Up 0.9% in June, 5.1% Year-Over-Year |
August 20, 2015
C.A.R. - California Home Prices Out of Reach for Most Buyers |
August 11, 2015
2nd Qtr 2015 Housing Affordability Report |
August 09, 2015
Can the Housing Recovery Survive Without Artificially Low Interest Rates? |
August 04, 2015
CoreLogic: Home Prices Rose an Amazing 6.5% Annually in June |
August 03, 2015
Chase Eases Lending Requirements for Jumbo Loans |
July 31, 2015
Settlement Monitor: BofA Credited for $1.18B in Consumer Relief |
July 30, 2015
Watchdog Claims the Treasury & Servicers Are Not Doing Enough on Loan Mods |
July 29, 2015
CFPB Penalizes Texas-Based Servicer for Blocking Borrowers’ Efforts to Stop Foreclosure |
July 28, 2015
Homeownership Rate Drops to 48-year Low |
July 24, 2015
New Home Sales Decline in June. Previous Months Revised Lower |
July 15, 2015
California Home Sales and Median Prices Jump in June |
July 10, 2015
Fed Chair Yellen: “Expect to Raise the Federal Funds Rate Later this Year” Yeah, Right! |
July 09, 2015
REO and Short Sales to Remain Elevated until 2017 |
July 08, 2015
Chase Credited with $3.3 Billion in Relief Toward $4 Billion Settlement Obligation |
July 07, 2015
Fannie Mae Raising Mortgage Modification Interest Rate Yet Again |
July 03, 2015
Housing Growth Expected to Slow For the Remainder of 2015 |
July 02, 2015
California Property Tax Values Increasing |
July 01, 2015
RealtyTrac: All-Cash Sales at Lowest Since Late 2009 |
June 30, 2015
Lawmakers' Inaction Could Put Homeowners in Double Jeopardy |
June 29, 2015
Citi Fails National Mortgage Settlement Loan Modification Metric |
June 21, 2015
OCC Tightens Restrictions on JPM, Wells Over Mortgage Servicing |
June 16, 2015
Housing Starts Historical Perspective |
June 15, 2015
Judge Rules California Must Payback National Mortgage Settlement of $331 Million |
June 12, 2015
Negative Equity Rate Falling, But 4 Million Borrowers May Be Trapped Underwater |
June 10, 2015
30 Years of Trends in the Los Angeles / Orange County Real Estate Market |
June 05, 2015
Fannie Mae Raising Mortgage Modification Interest Rate Again |
June 04, 2015
Justice Department Readies New Bank Settlements |
June 03, 2015
Average New Car Loan has Reached a Record 67 Months |
June 02, 2015
CoreLogic: House Prices up 6.8% Year-over-year in April |
June 01, 2015
Supreme Court Rules 2nd Mortgages on 'underwater' Homes Cannot be Voided in Chapter 7 Bankruptcy |
May 27, 2015
Ocwen Closing Residential Servicing Operations in Houston |
May 26, 2015
Freddie Mac Sells Third Non-Performing Loan Bundle of 2015 |
May 22, 2015
Debt Collection: How long before you can't be sued? |
May 21, 2015
April Existing Home Sales Unexpectedly Fall |
May 19, 2015
April California Home Sales Up 9.0 Percent from March |
May 15, 2015
Delinquencies, Bankruptcies, Foreclosures Improve; Household Debt Still 6.5% Below Peak |
May 12, 2015
First Quarter 2015 California Housing Affordability Increases to 34% |
May 11, 2015
CoreLogic: Foreclosures Plummet 26% from March 2014 |
May 08, 2015
FHFA Announces Extension of HARP and HAMP Until the End of 2016 |
May 05, 2015
CoreLogic: House Prices up 5.9% Year-over-year in March |
May 04, 2015
Black Knight: "Negative Equity Homes Shrink to Just Over 4 Million" |
April 30, 2015
The Most Amazing Economic Chart in Western Civilization |
April 29, 2015
Ocwen, Assurant to Pay $140 Million to Settle Force-Placed Insurance Suit |
April 28, 2015
Homeownership Rate Falls to Lowest Level Since 1993 |
April 25, 2015
Homestead Exemption Won't Protect Owner from Nonjudicial Foreclosure |
April 24, 2015
HUD Puts In New Protections For Struggling Homeowners |
April 22, 2015
California Home Sales Jump 33.1% From February |
April 21, 2015
FHFA House Price Index Nearly Flat for February |
April 20, 2015
CFPB and FTC Fine Green Tree $63 million for Loan Servicing Abuses |
April 17, 2015
Judge Rules Wells Fargo Breached Terms of 2010 Mortgage Settlement |
April 16, 2015
Fed Buys $10.3 Billion of Mortgages, Sells $1.5 Billion in Current Week |
April 15, 2015
CAR - California Housing Market Accelerates in March |
April 14, 2015
Fannie Mae Launches First Time Homebuyer Assistance Program |
April 10, 2015
66% of First Time Buyers Use Low Down Payment Mortgages |
April 07, 2015
CoreLogic Reports National Homes Prices Rose by 5.6 Percent Year Over Year in February 2015 |
April 02, 2015
Fannie Mae Announces Sales of Non-Performing Loans |
April 02, 2015
FICO Announces New Credit Program for Risky Borrowers |
April 01, 2015
JPMorgan Chase Half Way to $4B Settlement Pay Out |
March 30, 2015
Report: GSEs’ HAMP Modifications Perform Better Than Non-HAMP Mods |
March 25, 2015
U.S. Home Prices Are Surging 13 Times Faster Than Wages |
March 24, 2015
Wells Fargo Cutting 1,000 Mortgage Servicing Jobs |
March 23, 2015
Supreme Court Hears Bank of America Case on Bankruptcy and Second Mortgages |
March 20, 2015
Freddie Mac Selling $1 Billion of Loans in Largest Deal |
March 19, 2015
National Foreclosure Key Metrics |
March 18, 2015
GSEs to Offer Streamlined Modifications for Homeowners at Risk of Re-Default |
March 17, 2015
Ocwen Selling $9.6 Billion Servicing Rights to Green Tree |
March 16, 2015
JPMorgan Buying $45 Billion in Servicing Rights from Ocwen |
March 11, 2015
Legislation to Extend Tax Relief to Distressed Homeowners Currently in House, Senate Committees |
March 09, 2015
First Time and Repeat Foreclosure Starts at 12-Month High |
March 07, 2015
U.S. Fed Buys $4.7 Billion of Mortgage Bonds |
March 06, 2015
The One Chart You Need to Predict the Future |
March 05, 2015
HARP Set to Expire in December 2015? |
March 05, 2015
BofA's $8.5 Billion Mortgage Bond Settlement Wins Approval |
March 04, 2015
How Many Underwater Homes Hold Risky Second-liens? |
February 26, 2015
Why Loan Servicing Transfers Get Bungled |
February 25, 2015
90-day Delinquencies Increasingly Ended in Foreclosure Last Month |
February 23, 2015
Ocwen to Sell $9.8 Billion in Mortgage Service Rights to Nationstar |
February 22, 2015
Mortgage Lending Gets Riskier for the Fifth Straight Month |
February 21, 2015
Ocwen-Related RMBS Deals Were Just Hit with Major Downgrade |
February 20, 2015
Keep Your Home California Delivered Less Than Half of $2 Billion Fed Housing Aid |
February 19, 2015
Bay Area January Home Sales Slowest in Seven Years; Single-Digit Annual Price Gain |
February 18, 2015
Bank of America Provides Nearly $9 Million in Consumer Relief
Toward Settlement Obligation |
February 17, 2015
California Home Sales Down in January |
February 16, 2015
Southern California Home Sales Decline; Median Sale Price Still Up Year Over Year |
February 13, 2015
$4.5 Billion in Nonperforming Loans, To Be Sold by Largest Banks |
February 12, 2015
C.A.R. Reports 4th Quarter Housing Affordability at 31% |
February 10, 2015
Five Servicers to Pay $123 Million to Service Members for Unlawful Foreclosures |
February 10, 2015
Foreclosures Down 66 Percent From Peak, but Still Twice Normal |
February 06, 2015
FHFA Considering Limited Principal Reduction |
February 05, 2015
Ocwen CEO Expects Company’s Earnings To Take Q4 Hit After Ratings Downgrade |
February 04, 2015
87% of Properties Qualify for Down Payment Assistance |
February 03, 2015
S&P Reaches $1.5 Billion Deal with U.S. & States Over Crisis-Era Ratings |
February 04, 2015
Bank of America to Cut Hundreds of Legacy Servicing Staff |
February 02, 2015
REO Liquidations Continue to Top Short Sales for Higher Share of UPB Recovery |
January 29, 2015
Homeownership Hits 20-year Low in 4Q 2014 |
January 28, 2015
Fed Stays 'Patient' but Rate Hikes Are Coming |
January 28, 2015
Moody’s: FHA Premium Cut Will Increase Home Sales by 45,000 This Year |
January 27, 2015
Watt Insists 3% Down Payment Loans Are Not Riskier |
January 26, 2015
Can HAMP Borrowers Absorb Higher Payments When Mods Reset? |
January 26, 2015
Black Knight Home Price Index up 4.5% Year-Over-Year |
January 24, 2015
Ocwen sued by Mortgage Investors |
January 23, 2015
Existing-Home Sales Finish 3 Percent Below 2013 |
January 23, 2015
Ocwen Settles California Compliance Dispute for $2.5 Million |
January 22, 2015
Underwater Properties Decreasing as Equity Rises |
January 21, 2015
S.&.P. to Pay Nearly $80 Million to Settle Fraud Cases |
January 21, 2015
Nationstar Purchases $8.5 Billion Fannie, Freddie Servicing Portfolio |
January 16, 2015
California Yearly Home Sales Down 11.4% Y-o-Y, Median Prices Unchanged Since May 2014 |
January 15, 2015
Cash Home Sales Continue Decline, Falling to 35.5% |
January 13, 2015
California Threatens to Suspend Ocwen’s Mortgage License |
January 12, 2015
Appraisers Worry New Fannie Mae Program Could Bust Deals |
January 08, 2015
Lower FHA Insurance Premiums Start in February |
January 06, 2015
CoreLogic: Home Prices Continue to Moderate |
December 30, 2014
Foreclosures Falling, But Delinquency Rate Climbing |
December 29, 2014
Mortgage Debt Forgiveness Act Signed into Law |
December 26, 2014
Distressed Outlook: Big Banks Continue to Whittle Down Legacy Loans |
December 23, 2014
Ocwen CEO Unveils Company’s New Direction |
December 22, 2014
NYDFS Lists Ocwen's Wrongdoings |
December 21, 2014
How a Memo Cost Big Banks $37 Billion |
December 18, 2014
Ocwen Accused of Stalling Short Sales |
December 17, 2014
California Real Estate Sales Slow |
December 09, 2014
Cash Sales Still Almost 35% of Sales Even as Share Declines |
December 08, 2014
Fannie & Freddie Detail New 3% Down Payment Offerings |
December 06, 2014
FHA Loan Limits Will Not Change for 2015 |
December 05, 2014
Mortgage Debt Forgiveness Act One-Year Extension Passes in House |
December 04, 2014
Treasury To Double Housing Assistance Payments By $5,000 |
December 03, 2014
$89 Billion: The Principal Reduction Price Tag to Save American Homeowners |
November 28, 2014
$16.65 billion BofA Settlement Gets Green Light |
November 26, 2014
Top 400 Taxpayers Paid as Much as the Bottom 50% |
November 25, 2014
FHFA Will Allow Some Foreclosed Owners to Repurchase Homes at Market Value |
November 24, 2014
FHFA to Retain Higher Loan Limits for 2015 |
November 19, 2014
U.S. Justice Dept Collects Record $24 Billion in Penalties in Fiscal 2014 |
November 15, 2014
Wells $39 billion Servicing Sale to Ocwen Has Been Terminated |
November 14, 2014
California October Home Sales Up 1% from October 2013 |
November 13, 2014
San Francisco Bay Area Home Sales Edge Higher; Price Growth Ratchets Down Again |
November 12, 2014
Southern California Home Sales Dip To 3-Year Low; Smaller Year-Over-Year Gain for Median Sale Price |
November 10, 2014
Bank of America, Citigroup Said to Sell Soured Home Loans |
November 07, 2014
BofA Asks SEC for Relief in $16 billion Settlement |
November 06, 2014
Mel Watt, Says Lower Mortgage Down Payments Come with a Catch |
November 05, 2014
C.A.R. Reports 3rd Qtr Housing Affordability Unchanged |
November 04, 2014
CoreLogic Reports Home Prices Rose by 5.6 Percent Year Over Year in September 2014 |
November 03, 2014
Judge Slashes Jury Award to Delinquent Homeowner to $158,000 from $16 Million. |
October 29, 2014
Greenspan Worried About Future of Monetary Policy |
October 28, 2014
U.S. Homeownership Rate Falls to 20-year Low |
October 27, 2014
S&P Case-Shiller: Home-price Growth Continues to Slow |
October 26, 2014
Ocwen Posts Open Letter and Apology to Borrowers |
October 24, 2014
Black Knight: Foreclosure Inventory Lowest Since February 2008 |
October 21, 2014
S&P/Experian: Default Rates Increase Two Consecutive Months |
October 20, 2014
Fannie and Freddie Boss says, “Here Comes 3% Down Payments” |
October 18, 2014
C.A.R. Projects for 2015 - Home Sales to Rise Modestly and Home Prices to Flatten Out |
October 17, 2014
California Foreclosure Starts Continue to Decline |
October 16, 2014
Quarterly Foreclosure Rate Rises for 1st Time in 3 Years |
October 13, 2014
So-Cal Home Sales Edge Higher; Price Growth Slows |
October 09, 2014
HELOCs up 20.6% year-over-year |
October 07, 2014
Fannie Mae to Raise Modification Interest Rate October 14th |
October 06, 2014
CoreLogic - Home Prices Up by 6.4% Year Over Year in August |
October 02, 2014
Freddie Mac Serious Delinquency Rate Below 2% in August, Lowest Since January 2009 |
September 25, 2014
CoreLogic Reports 946,000 Residential Properties Regained 1 Trillion Dollars in Total Equity in Q2 2014 |
September 22, 2014
Existing-Home Sales Slightly Lose Momentum in August as Investor Activity Declines |
September 20, 2014
Analyst Predicts Home Price Decline In Report to White House |
September 18, 2014
August Sales Down 13.5%, Median Prices Fall in Half of California’s Largest 26 Counties |
September 15, 2014
California's Home Equity Sales Contract Act Revisited |
September 11, 2014
Credit Card Debt Nearing "Tipping Point" |
September 10, 2014
Fannie Mae Updates Minimum Wait Periods |
September 09, 2014
Improved Monthly Case-Shiller Shows Housing Recovery Weaker than Thought |
September 05, 2014
Reuters Poll: Wall Street Sees U.S. Rate Hike in Second Quarter 2015 |
September 04, 2014
NAR Predicts Modest Price Appreciation Over Next 12 Months |
September 03, 2014
10% of SoCal Homeowners Still Underwater Despite Increase in Home Prices |
September 02, 2014
Case-Shiller Housing Data: % Off Highs & Lows |
August 26, 2014
Widespread Slowdown in Home Price Gains |
August 25, 2014
Home Price Gains Decelerating |
August 23, 2014
Goldman Sachs and FHFA Settle for $1.2 Billion |
August 22, 2014
The Schizophrenic US Housing Market In One Chart |
August 22, 2014
Homeowner Help Remains Elusive in $16.5bn Bank of America Fine |
August 22, 2014
Why Bank of America Deal Might Not Cost It $17B |
August 21, 2014
BofA to Pay $16.7 Billion to End U.S. Mortgage Probes |
August 20, 2014
Former Wells Fargo CEO Calls BofA Fine “Extortion” |
August 19, 2014
5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms MERS Authority |
August 16, 2014
Investors Profit From Nonperforming Mortgages |
August 15, 2014
How The Big Banks Got “Fixed”: $110 Billion In Settlements And Still Rising |
August 14, 2014
How a $600 Servicing Error Snowballed into a $16M Jury Verdict |
August 13, 2014
C.A.R. - 2nd Qtr Housing Affordability Declines Statewide and in 19 of 26 California Counties |
August 12, 2014
Southland Home Sales Fall Yr/Yr Again; Prices Rise at Slower Pace |
August 11, 2014
California Home Sales Fall Yr/Yr |
August 10, 2014
U.S. Sales Increase for Defaulted Mortgages |
August 08, 2014
Why FICO’s New Credit Model Won’t Boost Your Score |
August 06, 2014
CoreLogic: House Prices up 7.5% Year-over-year in June |
August 05, 2014
Federal Debt Up to $153,671 per Household |
August 01, 2014
Trustees to Accept $4.5 billion JPMorgan Settlement |
July 31, 2014
Bank of America’s Countrywide Ordered to Pay $1.3 Billion |
July 30, 2014
U.S. Home Prices Down in May, But Consumer Confidence Strong |
July 30, 2014
New Fannie Mae Guideline Increase Waiting Period to 4 Years |
July 28, 2014
U.S. Lawsuit Against S&P Mortgage Bond Ratings Pre-2008 Could Begin in September 2015 |
July 27, 2014
The Real Reason Fannie and Freddie Don't Do Principal Modifications |
July 26, 2014
Goldman Settlement with FHFA Could Reach $1.25 Billion |
July 25, 2014
Blackstone Said to Prepare $700 Million Sale of Home Debt |
July 24, 2014
New Home Sales Post Biggest Drop in Almost a Year |
July 22, 2014
CA Homeowner Awarded $16 Million Mortgage Settlement |
July 21, 2014
Governor Signs AB 1393 Extending Tax Relief Through 2013 |
July 21, 2014
Two Bank of America Merrill Lynch Analysts Predict Home Prices to Level Off and Reverse Course Within 2 Years |
July 18, 2014
California Foreclosure Starts Lowest Since 2005 |
July 17, 2014
BofA’s $30B Litigation Problem is Getting Worse |
July 17, 2014
Calif. Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of MERS Wrongful Foreclosure Suit |
July 16, 2014
Double-Digit Monthly Gains in Median Home Prices - Likely a Thing of the Past |
July 15, 2014
California Receiving $200 million in Citi Settlement |
July 11, 2014
Housing Bubble 2.0: Chinese Cash Floods The Upper-End |
July 09, 2014
Citigroup Nears $7 Billion Deal to Resolve Mortgage Probe |
July 07, 2014
Housing Market is a 'Crapshoot' |
July 6, 2014
California Homeowners Finally Get Tax Relief for Mortgage Debt Forgiven in 2013 |
July 03, 2014
Black Knight – 5.62% of Mortgages Delinquent in May |
July 02, 2014
SunTrust Pays $320M to Resolve HAMP Violations |
July 01, 2014
Chase’s Fraudulent Foreclosure: Court Finds for Plaintiffs |
June 27, 2014
OCC: Foreclosures Cut by Half from Last Year |
June 26, 2014
Obama Administration Expands Subsidies for Rental Housing, Extends MHA to December 2016 |
June 25, 2014
Bank of America Lays Off 540 More in Charlotte |
June 24, 2014
It's Official: Mortgage Rates Lower Than 2013 |
June 23, 2014
New Home Sales Soar To Reach 1991 Housing Depression Low |
June 22, 2014
Case-Shiller, FHFA Agree House Appreciation Slowing |
June 18, 2014
BlackRock, Pimco Sue Over Billions in Mortgage Securities Losses |
June 10, 2014
California's Recovery? The Truth Behind the Facade |
June 05, 2014
Bank of America Could Pay at $12 billion to Settle Probes |
June 04, 2014
12.7 percent of Homes Have Negative Equity |
June 03, 2014
Fannie Mae Widens Unemployment Forbearance Powers for Mortgage Servicers |
June 02, 2014
Black Knight: 2 Million Borrowers Face Rate Resets |
May 29, 2014
Fannie Mae Expands HomePath for Short Sales Website |
May 28, 2014
With Decline in Foreclosures, CoreLogic Sees End in Sight |
May 26, 2014
C.A.R. Reports First Quarter Housing Affordability Index |
May 25, 2014
Black Knight: Home Prices Up 1% in March Just 12.8% Off 2006 Peak |
May 23, 2014
Wells Fargo Settles Another Robosigning Lawsuit |
May 20, 2014
April Home Sales Gain But Year-to-Date Sales Lowest Since 2008 |
May 19, 2014
Lawsky: Our Fight Against Nonbanks is Just Beginning |
May 15, 2014
C.A.R. Releases April Sales and Price Report |
May 14, 2014
Green Tree Fails 8 Servicing Compliance Tests |
May 13, 2014
Foreclosure Activity Continues to Wind Down |
May 13, 2014
Mel Watt Outlines Course Correction for Fannie and Freddie |
May 08, 2014
All-Cash Home Sales Hit New High as Mortgage Rates Fall to 2014 Low |
May 05, 2014
California Real Estate Recovery Means Higher Property Taxes for Many |
May 03, 2014
Supplemental Directive 14-02 Revises HAMP Tier 2 Loan Modification Program |
April 30, 2014
CoreLogic: Foreclosed Homes Cut by More Than One Third |
April 29, 2014
Homeownership Hits Lowest Level Since June 1995 |
April 28, 2014
Home Prices Continue Higher, Some States Above Pre-Crisis Peaks |
April 25, 2014
Bank of America Faces Massive $13 Billion RMBS Claim |
April 23, 2014
New Home Sales Tank; Inventories and Prices Surge |
April 21, 2014
Wells Fargo Can't Keep Alleged Bogus Foreclosure Manual Out of Court |
April 17, 2014
March Home Sales and Price Report |
April 14, 2014
Lenders Adapt to the Homeowner Bill of Rights |
April 13, 2014
Housing industry asks $5 trillion question: “Where is Mel Watt?” |
April 11, 2014
Mortgage Pipeline is Drying Up |
April 04, 2014
1 in 3 Homes for Sale are Unaffordable |
April 03, 2014
Foreclosures Slow But Still Problems Persist |
April 02, 2014
Loan Modifications Stay Steady as Short Sales Dry Up |
March 26, 2014
Trulia's Bubble Watch: Overvalued Local Markets |
March 25, 2014
S&P/Case-Shiller - Pace of Home Price Gains Slow |
March 21, 2014
Bank of America Finds the Housing Recovery Hard to Believe |
March 19, 2014
Just 83,000 Homeowners Get First-Lien Principal Reductions from National Mortgage Settlement |
March 17, 2014
Did Wells Fargo Create Bogus Foreclosure Document Manual? |
March 14, 2014
Debt Exceeds $100 Trillion as Governments Binge |
March 13, 2014
California February Home Sales Down 10% from Feb. 2013 |
March 12, 2014
Southern California February Home Sales Lowest Since 2008 |
March 10, 2014
HAMP Mods: Mortgage Rates Will Increase by 1% |
March 06, 2014
CoreLogic Reports Home Prices Rise by 12 Percent Year Over Year in January |
March 04, 2014
PNC Under Investigation for FHA, Fannie, Freddie Mortgages |
March 03, 2014
Ocwen Plans $2 Billion in Mortgage Principal Reduction |
February 28, 2014
1 in 5 Homeowners Still Underwater at Year’s End |
February 20, 2014
Delinquency and Foreclosure Rates Decline to Lowest Level in Six Years |
February 19, 2014
In 2013 The Fed Bought 150% More Treasurys Than All Foreigners Combined |
February 13, 2014
California January Home Sales Down |
February 12, 2014
C.A.R. Reports Fourth Quarter Housing Affordability |
February 11, 2014
Southland Home Sales Drop in January; Price Picture Mixed |
February 10, 2014
Housing Scorecard: Homeowner Equity up $3.4 Trillion |
February 07, 2014
HARP - 3 Million Refis and Counting |
February 04, 2014
Home Prices at Boom Levels in 2013 |
February 02, 2014
Judge Puts Approval of BofA's $8.5 Billion Mortgage Settlement on Hold |
February 01, 2014
Fitch: Positive Equity Doesn't Prevent All U.S. Foreclosures |
January 31, 2014
N.Y. Judge OKs $8.5B Bank of America Settlement |
January 28, 2014
Foreclosures Down 24% in 2013 |
January 24, 2014
December 2013 Pending and Distressed Home Sales |
January 21, 2014
California Foreclosure Starts Dip to Eight-Year Low |
January 17, 2014
December 2013 Sales Fell 18.4 Percent from December 2012 |
January 14, 2014
DataQuick - Southland December Home Sales at Six-Year Low; Median Price Jumps |
January 13, 2014
Bill Seeks to Extend Federal Tax Exemption for Forgiven Mortgage Debt |
January 09, 2014
Foreclosure Pipeline Drains Out |
January 08, 2014
9.3 Million U.S. Residential Properties Are Underwater |
January 06, 2014
Clarification of LA Times Mortgage Debt Forgiveness Article |
December 28, 2013
Zillow Home Value Forecast for November 2014 |
December 22, 2013
Mortgage Debt Relief Act Not Voted On |
December 19, 2013
Fed's Assets Top $4 Trillion |
December 18, 2013
Ocwen to Settle - Offers $2B in Consumer Relief |
December 17, 2013
6.4M Borrowers Remain Underwater Despite Rising Home Prices |
December 15, 2013
Bloomberg: Outside Agency Stymied Homeowner Loss Mit Attempts |
December 14, 2013
Short Sales through NationStar and Auction.com |
December 11, 2013
California Coastal Housing Unaffordable Again |
December 10, 2013
West Is Best For Healthiest Housing Markets |
December 09, 2013
Foreclosures, Foreclosure Inventory, Serious Delinquencies All Falling |
December 05, 2013
IRS and CA Franchise Tax Board Clarify Mortgage Debt |
December 04, 2013
Banks Fail Seven Servicing Compliance Tests, but Pass Most Benchmarks |
November 27, 2013
Foreclosure Relief Funds Aren't Getting to Borrowers |
November 26, 2013
Foreclosure Auction and REO Sales Picked up Pace in October |
November 25, 2013
U.S. Negative Equity Rate Falls at Fastest Pace Ever in Q3 |
November 22, 2013
LPS: Foreclosure Inventory Hits Lowest Level Since 2008 |
November 20, 2013
Housing Sales Drop: Worrisome Signs in the West |
November 19, 2013
It's Official: JPMorgan Signs $13B Settlement |
November 17, 2013
IRS Letter To Senator Boxer On Short Sales Not Good News For Everybody |
November 12, 2013
California Foreclosures Post Slight Gains in October |
November 08, 2013
Mortgage Delinquencies Hit Five-Year Low |
November 07, 2013
California Homes Now Affordable to Only 1/3 |
November 05, 2013
Banks Offering Mortgages with Only 5% Down Payments |
November 01, 2013
Keep Your Home California Revises Rules |
October 31, 2013
HAMP's Redefault Rate at 27% and Likely to Rise |
October 30, 2013
49.5 % of California Homes Sold Above List Price in 2013 |
October 28, 2013
S&P/Case-Shiller: Home prices rose 12.8% Annually in August |
October 26, 2013
US Bank Fines = $95 Billion Dollars |
October 24, 2013
Number of U.S. Mortgages Going Unpaid = 4,594,000 |
October 20, 2013
WSJ reports J.P. Morgan Reaches $13 Billion Tentative Deal with Justice Department |
October 17, 2013
California Foreclosure Activity Hits Seven-year Low |
October 16, 2013
BofA Outpaces Other Banks in Mortgage Settlement Compliance |
October 09, 2013
C.A.R. Releases its 2014 California Housing Market Forecast |
October 08, 2013
Completed Foreclosures Fall 34% |
October 03, 2013
Bank of America Shrinks its Delinquent Loan Portfolio |
September 26, 2013
LPS Reports Mortgage Delinquencies Down 10% |
September 25, 2013
$25 Billion Mortgage Settlement Allotted Only 20% to Forgiveness of First-Mortgage Principal |
September 16, 2013
CAR Confirms August Home Sales Lower Than July |
September 16, 2013
CAR Confirms August Home Sales Lower Than July |
September 13, 2013
BofA 8.5 Billion Settlement in Dispute |
September 12, 2013
Wells Fargo Looks to Sell $41 Billion in MSRs |
September 09, 2013
Trust Your Mortgage Servicer? Maybe You Shouldn't |
September 07, 2013
Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Secret! |
September 05, 2013
U.S. Judge Rejects BofA Mortgage Modification Class Action |
September 04, 2013
Court Dismisses HAMP Lawsuit Against Ocwen |
September 03, 2013
Foreclosure Starts Plummet to Six Year Low |
August 29, 2013
C.A.R. Urges Passage of Bill to Help Underwater Homeowners |
August 28, 2013
Despite Rising Home Values, Millions Still Underwater |
August 24, 2013
San Fernando Valley Home Prices Soar, Foreclosure Activity Falls |
August 23, 2013
Banks Report $51 Billion in Consumer Relief in Mortgage Settlement |
August 22, 2013
Wells Fargo Reports on National Mortgage Settlement Activity, Provides $4.4 billion |
August 15, 2013
FHA - Borrowers Can Qualify In Just One Year After Foreclosure, Short Sale, or Bankruptcy |
August 14, 2013
California Housing Recovery Continues Full Throttle in July |
August 12, 2013
C.A.R. Affordability Index Drops to 36% |
August 09, 2013
Appeals Court Rules Against Wells Fargo in HAMP Case |
August 08, 2013
Mortgage Delinquencies, Foreclosures Continue to Drop |
August 07, 2013
JPMorgan Chase’s Lawsuit and Fine Costs Since 2011 |
August 06, 2013
Asking Prices Down for First Time Since November 2012 |
August 02, 2013
Ocwen Profit Grows as Firm Remains Focused on MSR Activity |
August 01, 2013
CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices Register 10.2% Annual Gain in Q1 |
July 27, 2013
GMAC to Pay $230M in Foreclosure Settlement Deal |
July 26, 2013
Ocwen Buying $78 Billion of Loans From IndyMac |
July 25, 2013
Report: Bank of America, Wells Fargo Received Incentives But Mortgages Redefaulted |
July 24, 2013
Fewer California Homes Sell as Distressed Properties |
July 24, 2013
Report: 26% of HAMP Borrowers Redefaulted, Rate Continues to Worsen |
July 23, 2013
California Foreclosure Starts Up From First Quarter |
July 18, 2013
California June Home Sales: Total Sales Down, Conventional Sales Up, Foreclosures Lowest Since August 2007 |
July 12, 2013
BofA Rejects Ex-workers' Claims on How it Treats Troubled Homeowners |
July 10, 2013
Foreclosure Filings Hit Six-and-a-Half-Year Low in June |
July 03, 2013
Nationstar's Servicing Portfolio Increases to 1.1 Million Loans |
July 01, 2013
CoreLogic: House Prices up 12.2% Year-over-year in May |
June 30, 2013
Citi to Pay Fannie Mae $968M in Repurchase Claim Agreement |
June 27, 2013
Congressional Report - FHA Bailout as Much as $115 Billion |
June 26, 2013
Los Angeles Area Foreclosure Rates Decline in April |
June 24, 2013
REO Sales in California Are at the Lowest Level in Six Years |
June 21, 2013
Completed Modifications under the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) were 11,966 Nationwide for April. |
June 20, 2013
California State Senate passes SB30 Tax Relief Bill |
June 19, 2013
Bank Watchdog Cites Missteps In Mortgage Process |
June 14, 2013
Former Bank of America Workers Allege it Lied to Home Owners |
June 12, 2013
Foreclosure Sales in West Down in May; Likely to Increase in June |
June 10, 2013
Ocwen Agrees to Buy $78B in MSRs from OneWest |
June 05, 2013
Fannie Mae Announces New Effort to Streamline Short Sale Process |
June 05, 2013
Fannie Mae Announces New Effort to Streamline Short Sale Process |
May 30, 2013
Making Home Affordable Mortgage-Modification Program Extended Through 2015 |
May 25, 2013
New Home Sales at Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate of 454,000 in April |
May 24, 2013
Millions of Above-Water Borrowers Lack Enough Equity to Move |
May 23, 2013
Amendment Holds SB 30 Hostage to Passage of SB 391 |
May 22, 2013
BofA, JPMorgan say Fulfilled Mortgage Settlement Terms, Wells Fargo at 90% while Citigroup Declines to Quantify its Progress. |
May 21, 2013
Mortgage Settlement Monitor Reports Consumer Relief Data |
May 17, 2013
Senator on a Mission to Change the Way Short Sales Affect Credit Reporting |
May 16, 2013
California Continues to Gain Steam |
May 13, 2013
Freddie Mac Makes New Simplified Mod Program Available Immediately |
May 10, 2013
Chapter 13 Bankruptcy: How it Works |
May 09, 2013
Foreclosure Activity at Six-Year Low in April: RealtyTrac |
May 07, 2013
March Home Prices Make Biggest Yearly Gain in 7 Years |
May 06, 2013
LPS: Homeowner Bill of Rights Slows California Foreclosure Sales |
May 03, 2013
OCC: Completed Foreclosure Review Payouts Reach $1.7 billion |
May 02, 2013
FHA's Solvency Plan Isn't Fair |
April 26, 2013
Can I Get a Home Loan After a Short Sale? |
April 24, 2013
Despite Improvement in Loan-Mod Defaults, Report Raises Alarms |
April 23, 2013
Q1 California Foreclosure Starts Lowest Since Late 2005 |
April 17, 2013
Southland Median Home Sale Price Climbs Again |
April 15, 2013
HARP Extension to 2015 will Keep QE3 Afloat |
April 12, 2013
HARP Refinance Program Extended Until 2015 |
April 11, 2013
RealtyTrac: Foreclosure Activity Falls to Lowest Level Since 2007 |
April 09, 2013
White House Announces New Foreclosure Prevention Efforts |
March 27, 2013
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac to Offer Streamlined Loan Modifications |
March 22, 2013
Changes to California’s Principal Reduction Program Attract 60 Mortgage Servicers |
March 15, 2013
California Foreclosure Uptick Doesn't Indicate Long-term Trend |
March 13, 2013
HARP Surpasses 2012 Estimates on Homeowner Refinances |
March 12, 2013
Top Ten Foreclosing Banks |
March 10, 2013
Bank Of America's Mortgage Tab: $42B And Counting |
March 07, 2013
Bank of America Investors Grill CFO at Dinner |
February 28, 2013
Foreclosure, Short Sales are 43% of U.S. Home Sales in 2012 |
February 28, 2013
The More Short Sales Done in Mortgage Settlement, the Better |
February 27, 2013
BofA's $8.5 Billion Mortgage Bond Settlement Gears Up for Hearing |
February 21, 2013
U.S. Banks Write Down $19 Billion Under Settlement |
February 18, 2013
California Inventory Continues to Diminish as Foreclosure Activity Falls |
February 16, 2013
Ally's Mortgage Units Exceed Consumer-Relief Obligations Under Mortgage Settlement |
February 12, 2013
National Mortgage Loan Delinquency Rate Drops Nearly 14% in 2012 |
February 10, 2013
Administration Reports on Mods, Foreclosures in January |
February 06, 2013
Record Number of California Homes Bought with Cash |
January 23, 2013
California: Foreclosure Starts Lowest Since 2006 |
January 19, 2013
HSBC to Pay $249M in Foreclosure Settlement |
January 16, 2013
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues New Mortgage and Foreclosure Procedures for 2014 |
January 12, 2013
Short Sales in California Surpass Sales of Foreclosed Homes |
January 09, 2013
C.A.R. Sponsors CA Bill to Help Underwater Homeowners |
January 08, 2013
U.S. Banks to Pay $8.5 Billion to End Foreclosure Reviews |
January 07, 2013
Bank of America in $10 Billion Settlement with Fannie Mae |
January 03, 2013
Mortgage Debt Relief Extended Through 2013 |
December 31, 2012
Ocwen Finalizes Acquisition of Homeward Residential |
December 31, 2012
Major Banks Close to 10 Billion Settlement on Past Abuses in Home Loans |
December 23, 2012
Foreclosure Funds Slow to Get to Homeowners |
December 21, 2012
TransUnion Projects Drop in Delinquencies, but Rate Remains High |
December 19, 2012
Bank of America Delinquent Mortgage Loans Mean Losses |
December 14, 2012
Home Seizures Rise as Banks Adjust to Foreclosure Flow |
December 12, 2012
More Year-Over-Year Gains for Southland Home Sales and Prices |
December 11, 2012
Wells Fargo Settlement Over 'pick-a-pay' Home Loans is Challenged |
December 07, 2012
New Foreclosures Plummet, but Fall Is Temporary |
December 04, 2012
Fannie Mae Announces New Deed-in-Lieu Requirements |
December 01, 2012
California State Bar RECENT Decision to Cause More Harm to Homeowners in Foreclosure |
November 22, 2012
Most Aid from Mortgage Settlement in State Going to Short Sales |
November 19, 2012
IRS Will Accept an Electronic Version of the 4506T Form in 2013 |
November 14, 2012
BofA Reaches $15.8B in Mortgage Relief Under Settlement Terms |
November 13, 2012
Southland Home Sales, Median Price Rise Above Year Ago |
November 07, 2012
Obama Re-Election - No Major Housing Change? |
October 31, 2012
Freddie & Fannie Reach Short Sale Agreements with Mortgage Insurers |
October 22, 2012
LPS: Delinquency Rate Increases in September |
October 17, 2012
California Foreclosure Activity Reaches 5-year Low |
October 10, 2012
California Hands Trial Lawyers 'Nuclear Weapon' to Use Against Mortgage Industry |
October 05, 2012
Ocwen to Buy Homeward Residential for $750 Million |
October 02, 2012
Nevada Supreme Court Unanimous Decision Sides with Banks Regarding MERS |
October 01, 2012
Bank of America to Extinguish up to 150,000 Second Liens |
September 28, 2012
Clock Ticking on Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act |
September 26, 2012
Final California Homeowners' Rights Bills Signed into Law |
September 21, 2012
Investors Raise $8 billion for REOs |
September 12, 2012
MERS Has Cleaned Up Its Act, Chief Says |
September 06, 2012
Redefaults on Private Modifications Cut by More Than Half |
August 31, 2012
Five Questions: Will I Owe Taxes on Forgiven Mortgage Debt? |
August 30, 2012
Final Homeowners' Rights Bills Pass in California Legislature |
August 29, 2012
Banks Provide $10.5 Billion Under AG Foreclosure Settlement |
August 20, 2012
FHFA Streamlines Short Sale Process for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac |
August 06, 2012
HAMP Trials at Lowest Level Since Program Started |
August 03, 2012
HAFA Short Sales Pick Up Slightly After Rules Eased |
July 31, 2012
FHFA Refuses Principal Reduction for Fannie, Freddie |
July 25, 2012
Less Than 10% of TARP Housing Money Spent |
July 19, 2012
Why Drop in Foreclosures Is Bad for Housing Market |
July 16, 2012
Ocwen Shared Appreciation Program Slashes Average Mortgage by $75k+ |
July 13, 2012
New Foreclosures Jump 9% in Second Quarter |
July 11, 2012
Homeowner Bill of Rights Signed into Law |
June 29, 2012
Bank Of America-Countrywide Merger Cost BofA $40 Billion |
June 27, 2012
Servicers Cut Principal on 10% of Mortgage Mods, Numbers Expected to Rise |
June 26, 2012
California Homeowner Bill of Rights Provisions Pass Committee |
June 22, 2012
Mortgage-Debt Forgiveness Preventing Foreclosures |
June 15, 2012
Nationstar Closes on $16 Billion in Aurora Servicing |
June 04, 2012
Freddie Mac Announces Lower Modification Interest Rate |
May 24, 2012
Zillow Says Negative Equity More Widespread Than Previously Thought |
May 18, 2012
Foreclosed Americans Find Way Back to Homeownership |
May 15, 2012
Bank of America Offering up to $30,000 for Short Sales |
May 08, 2012
Bank of America Offers Principal Reductions to 200,000 Homeowners |
May 07, 2012
California Pushes Write-Downs Under Obama Program |
May 01, 2012
Plot Thickens on Mortgage Write-Down Debate |
April 24, 2012
Maybe No Housing Rebound for a Generation: Shiller |
April 23, 2012
California Foreclosures Plummet 17.6% in 1Q |
April 19, 2012
Mortgage Repurchase Progress Slows at Bank of America |
April 12, 2012
Inspector General Hits Obama Admin’s 'Hardest Hit' Housing Program |
April 10, 2012
What the Foreclosure Settlement Means for You |
April 06, 2012
Federal Judge Approves $25 Billion Mortgage Pact |
April 03, 2012
Judge Rules in Favor of Pension Funds Sueing Bank of NY Mellon handling of Countrywide Loans |
March 29, 2012
Proposed Bill extends Mortgage Debt Relief Act of 2007 |
March 28, 2012
Sheila Bair Told Administration Its Housing Programs Would Bomb |
March 23, 2012
Negative Equity Gap Nears $4 trillion from Historical LTV Ratios |
March 22, 2012
BofA will launch Pilot “Owner to Renter” Program but Not in California |
March 21, 2012
Debrunner v. Deutsche Decision: Foreclosure OK Without Note |
March 17, 2012
California's Jobless Homeowners to Get Benefits Mailing |
March 16, 2012
First and Second Lien Holders to Share Losses Through 25 Billion Settlement |
March 13, 2012
New KnowEquity When Calculator – Forcasts When Your Mortgage Will No Longer Be Underwater |
March 12, 2012
$25 billion Settlement Filed in Federal Court |
March 12, 2012
Home Repossessions Set to Jump in 2012 |
March 12, 2012
The Legal Lie at the Heart of the $8.5 Billion Bank of America and Federal/State Mortgage Settlements |
March 08, 2012
BofA in Side Deal Will Reduce Mortgage Balances |
March 06, 2012
Fitch Sees Home Prices as Overvalued with Potential for Another 9.1% Drop |
March 05, 2012
Revised HAMP Program Will Modify Investor Owned Homes Starting In May |
March 04, 2012
500,000 Borrowers May Qualify for Principal Reduction Under the Mortgage Settlement |
March 02, 2012
CoreLogic Reports Negative Equity Increase in Q4 2011 |
March 01, 2012
2011 U.S. Foreclosure Sales Report: Shifting Toward Short Sales |
February 29, 2012
$26 Billion Housing Settlement Details Due Out This Week |
February 28, 2012
Case-Shiller: Home Prices Back to 2003 Levels |
February 27, 2012
FHFA: Tremendous Interest in New HARP II Refinance Program |
February 24, 2012
Employees at Wells Fargo Receive Pay Incentives for Loan Modifications |
February 20, 2012
Treasury Increases Incentives for Principal Reductions |
February 20, 2012
The Other Foreclosure Settlement: Millions of Homeowners Eligible |
February 17, 2012
Home Sales Up Slightly in California but Median Price Falls |
February 14, 2012
CA Attorney General Didn’t Give All the Mortgage Fix Numbers |
February 10, 2012
U.S. Resolves Claims Against BofA Through $1 Billion Settlement |
February 09, 2012
Wells Fargo to Start $5.3 billion Foreclosure Settlement Relief in March |
February 08, 2012
Mortgage Insurers Give Fannie Mae Permission To Speed Up Short Sale Timelines |
February 02, 2012
Treasury, FHA to Let Borrowers Appeal Mortgage Servicer Actions |
February 01, 2012
Obama's Mortgage Refi Plan to Go Through FHA |
January 31, 2012
Home Prices Continued to Decline in November 2011 to New Post-Bubble Lows |
January 27, 2012
Administration Revamps HAMP to Reach More Borrowers |
January 25, 2012
Calif. Refuses To Sign Foreclosure Deal With Banks |
January 23, 2012
DeMarco: Principal Write-Downs Expensive, Benefits Uncertain |
January 09, 2012
Servicers Modify Nearly Half of HAMP Eligible Second Liens |
January 06, 2012
Freddie Mac Now Permits Up To 12 Months Forbearance To Unemployed Borrowers |
January 04, 2012
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Publicizes Independent Foreclosure Reviews |
January 03, 2012
Home Prices Corrected for Inflation at 2001 Levels |
December 30, 2011
10th Circuit Court of Appeals Says MERS has Authority to Foreclose |
December 23, 2011
Strategic Defaulters Influenced by Social Persuasion: Study |
December 21, 2011
Mortgage Redefaults Fall in Third Quarter After Larger Payment Reductions |
December 20, 2011
Experts Continue to See Long Road Ahead in Housing Recovery |
December 15, 2011
Scheduled Foreclosure Auctions Soar in California |
December 07, 2011
Mortgage Modifications Wind Down As Foreclosures Heat Up |
December 04, 2011
Home Prices Will Continue To Plunge, And 2013 Will Be The Worst Year For Foreclosures In History |
December 03, 2011
Have You Heard About The 16 Trillion Dollar Bailout The Federal Reserve Handed To The Too Big To Fail Banks? |
December 01, 2011
Wells Fargo Says California's Economy in flux Next Year |
November 30, 2011
Foreclosure Crisis Isn’t Even Halfway Over, Analysis Finds |
November 29, 2011
As Home Prices Sink, Home Ownership Heads to New Lows |
November 27, 2011
Some Failed Institutions Always Foreclose - FDIC Sponsored Fraud |
November 21, 2011
New HARP 2.0 Guidelines Announced |
November 18, 2011
Why HARP 1.0 Failed |
November 15, 2011
Southland Home Sales Inch Up from 2010; Median Price Down Again |
November 08, 2011
Half of US Mortgages Are Effectively Underwater |
November 07, 2011
Zillow: Market Will Not See Bottom Until at Least 2012 |
November 04, 2011
Should Fannie, Freddie Write Down ‘Underwater’ Mortgages? |
November 01, 2011
Millions of Homeowners Eligible for Foreclosure Review - Hotline Now Open |
October 30, 2011
U.S. Housing has Added Problem: Mortgage Insurance |
October 18, 2011
California Foreclosure Activity Back Up, Los Angeles County Foreclosures Up But 11.3% less than 2010 |
October 12, 2011
Supreme Court Declines to Review MERS Challenge - Upholds Right of MERS to Foreclose in California |
October 08, 2011
Half of Prime Mortgage Borrowers Will Soon Be Underwater |
October 05, 2011
Federal Judge Dismisses 72 Suits Against MERS |
October 04, 2011
Short Sales - Buy and Bail? Or, Bail and Buy? |
October 01, 2011
FICO Survey Says: “Sharp and Deep Turn to Pessimism” |
September 30, 2011
California Breaks from 50-State Probe into Mortgage Lenders |
September 30, 2011
Fewer Loan Modifications Completed |
September 27, 2011
1 in 5 Modified Loans Default Again: Comptroller |
September 19, 2011
Wronged Homeowners May Soon Seek Bank Relief |
September 14, 2011
Huge Surge in Bank of America Foreclosures |
September 13, 2011
2.06 million California Homes and 10.9 Million Nationwide Have Negative Equity. |
September 12, 2011
Freddie Mac Rolls Out New Standard Modification |
September 09, 2011
9th Circuit Court Ruling Legitimizes MERS |
August 31, 2011
Another Federal Housing Bailout Won't Happen |
August 23, 2011
PMI Group Units Forced to Stop Writing New Insurance |
August 22, 2011
Study: Less Than 3% of Mortgage Mods Involve Principal Reductions |
August 12, 2011
HAFA Short Sale Program Gains Steam with Completed Transactions up 55% in June |
August 05, 2011
Mortgage Insurer PMI Group May Have to Stop Selling Policies, Could Close |
August 04, 2011
Bank of America Agrees to Write Down Principal Through State Program |
August 03, 2011
Forces Facing The Housing Market |
July 26, 2011
Ocwen Financial Offers New Loan Modification Program |
July 25, 2011
Study: Three More Years Until Home Building Returns to Trend |
July 19, 2011
Just 11% Expect Their Home’s Value To Go Up Over Next Year |
July 19, 2011
Huge Jump in Housing Starts Does Not Point to Solid Recovery |
July 15, 2011
California Law Extends Deficiency Protections To Subordinate Liens |
July 15, 2011
Bank Delays May Push 1 Million U.S. Foreclosure Filings to 2012 |
July 14, 2011
Mortgage Insurer PMI Predicts Home Prices will be Lower in March 2013 Than They Were in March 2011 |
July 13, 2011
Bankers Pessimistic About Future of Mortgage Delinquencies |
July 09, 2011
National Assn. of Realtors - 3 Years Needed to Clear ‘Distressed’ Homes |
July 07, 2011
Aid for Unemployed Homeowners Boosted by Obama Administration |
July 07, 2011
CNN Survey - Housing Prices: No Rebound in Sight |
July 01, 2011
Fewer Than 5,000 Homeowners Have Received HAMP Mods With Principal Reductions |
June 30, 2011
Pimco’s Simon: There Was Never a Housing Recovery |
June 29, 2011
Report: Troubled Mortgages Still Plague Banks |
June 26, 2011
Mortgage Principal Write-Downs Lag Even With States Paying |
June 22, 2011
Don't Let Falling Foreclosure Numbers Fool You |
June 20, 2011
U.S. Government Will Dominate the Mortgage Market for a Long Time |
June 14, 2011
California Appeals Court Declares MERS Proper Beneficiary |
June 13, 2011
Southland Home Sales, Median Price Post Steeper Declines From 2010 |
June 11, 2011
HAFA Short Sales up Over 70% in April |
June 10, 2011
Treasury withholds $24 million in payments to Bank of America, Chase & Wells Fargo |
June 08, 2011
California Foreclosure Prevention Program Gets Support of 20 Servicers |
June 07, 2011
New CoreLogic Data Shows Slight Decrease in Negative Equity |
May 31, 2011
National Home Prices Hit New Low in 2011 Q1 According to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices |
May 27, 2011
Steep Decline in Pending Home Sales In April |
May 20, 2011
How the $8,000 Tax Credit Cost Home Buyers $15,000 |
May 18, 2011
54 percent of American Adults Now Believe Housing Recovery Remains Unlikely Until 2014 or Later |
May 16, 2011
California April Home Sales Fall |
May 12, 2011
Strategic Default: Inconceivable Assumptions Suddenly Conceivable |
May 08, 2011
Home Prices Fell 3 Percent in the First Quarter |
May 06, 2011
Obama Anti-Foreclosure Efforts Still Falling Short |
May 02, 2011
LPS Shows March Foreclosure Starts Increasing 33% |
April 28, 2011
GSEs Issue New Servicing Guidelines for Delinquent Mortgages |
April 28, 2011
Recovery for U.S. Bank Loan Delinquencies Stalls: According to Trepp LLC |
April 27, 2011
Home Ownership Rate Drops to 1998 Level |
April 26, 2011
Home Prices Edge Closer to 2009 Lows |
April 25, 2011
U.S. Home Prices May Decrease 6% to 11% This Year, Morgan Stanley Says |
April 18, 2011
BofA CEO: Owners Shouldn't Look at Home as an Asset |
April 14, 2011
California March Home Sales down 2.4% from March 2010 |
April 13, 2011
Southland Home Sales Still Slow, Prices Edge Down |
April 12, 2011
BofA Chief Says More Foreclosures Inevitable as Repeated Defaults Top 50% |
April 08, 2011
32 Million Struggling to Pay Mortgages |
April 07, 2011
California Home Prices Biggest Dip in 16 Months |
April 01, 2011
Obama Administration Efforts to Help with Short Sales & Second Mortgages Not Succeeding |
March 31, 2011
JPMorgan's Dimon: No Mortgage Writedowns |
March 30, 2011
Unlisted 'Shadow' Inventory of 1.8 Million Homes Looms Over Housing Market |
March 29, 2011
Home Prices Off to a Dismal Start in 2011: Home Price Double-Dip Materializing |
March 23, 2011
New Home Sales Tumble to Record Low |
March 17, 2011
Gallup Finds U.S. Unemployment at 10.2% in Mid-March, Broader Underemployment at 19.9% |
March 16, 2011
Southern California Home Sales Lowest Since February 2008 |
March 14, 2011
The Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) has been Extended for Another Year |
March 12, 2011
Principal Reduction Debate |
March 10, 2011
Paperwork Issues Still Stall Foreclosures |
March 08, 2011
Principal Reduction Debate: Federal Reserve |
March 05, 2011
State's Attorney Generals Send New Proposals to Major Banks |
March 03, 2011
Making Home Affordable Modifications Finally Top 600,000 |
March 01, 2011
HSBC Halts Foreclosures |
February 23, 2011
IRS Outlines Tax Consequences for Financially Distressed Homeowners |
February 17, 2011
California Foreclosure Starts Up 7% |
February 10, 2011
Foreclosures Are Falling - But it's a Fake Out |
January 31, 2011
FHA Short Refinance Program Has Resulted in Only 15 Refinances |
January 26, 2011
TARP Report: Homeowner-Aid Efforts Are Falling Short |
January 20, 2011
Mandatory Foreclosure Intervention Makes FHA a Better Loan |
January 19, 2011
Fannie Mae OKs Foreclosure Delays for Hardest Hit Fund Assistance |
January 13, 2011
Record 2.9 Million U.S. Properties Receive Foreclosure Filings in 2010 |
January 11, 2011
“Keep Your Home California” Program Launched Today
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