What will mortgage loss mitigation look like under Trump?

What will mortgage loss mitigation look like under Trump?

Mortgage servicers have spent the past couple of years watching as federal housing agencies adopted various strategies to help borrowers who entered forbearance due to the COVID-19 pandemic but struggled to exit... Read more »
Mortgage groups push FHA for loss mitigation extension

Mortgage groups push FHA for loss mitigation extension

A coalition of six organizations representing mortgage companies and borrowers has sent a letter to the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), urging the extension of the current loss-mitigation waterfall to February 2026 while... Read more »
Consumer education at the center of wire fraud mitigation efforts

Consumer education at the center of wire fraud mitigation efforts

Even as the housing market slowed in 2022 and 2023, the fraudulent activity of bad actors did not let up. In its 2024 State of Wire Fraud report, wire fraud protection firm... Read more »
MBA, NMSA suggest fixes to FHA’s proposed loss mitigation option

MBA, NMSA suggest fixes to FHA’s proposed loss mitigation option

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) and the National Mortgage Servicing Association (NMSA) are expressing their views on a recently revised Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loss mitigation proposal, stating that it needs additional... Read more »
Opinion: IMB servicers do a better job than banks on loss mitigation

Opinion: IMB servicers do a better job than banks on loss mitigation

Fifteen years ago, the TARP bailout bill was signed into law. $700 billion in taxpayer funds were authorized to help stabilize the economy in free fall in the wake of the Lehman bankruptcy... Read more »