Attom Data Solutions today released its 2017 U.S. Year-End Home Equity and Underwater analysis, which revealed that the number of seriously underwater properties — meaning they had a loan-to-value (LTV) of 125+ — decreased 0.3 percent year-over-year in Q4 2017 to 9.3 percent, the smallest year-over-year decrease in the share of seriously underwater properties since Attom began tracking in Q1 Continue Reading

Mortgage delinquencies hit a 23-month high as 2017 wrapped up, surging by 164,000 year-over-year, according to the latest Mortgage Monitor Report from the Data and Analytics Division of Black Knight, Inc. However, that figure only tells part of the story. Outside of hurricane-affected areas, Black Knight reports that the national mortgage delinquency rate was actually 11 percent below long-term Continue Reading

Convinced struggling borrowers to sign over title, then stole their equity The former owner of a California foreclosure rescue firm admitted in court last week to stealing struggling borrowers’ homes during the housing crisis. Sergio Barrientos pleaded guilty last week to conspiracy to commit wire fraud affecting a financial institution and bank fraud. According to court documents, from about Continue Reading

According to mortgage delinquency data compiled by Black Knight, Inc., in November 2017, 90-day delinquent loan inventory saw the largest month-over-month increase in nine years due to the impacts of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. November increases in severely delinquent mortgage inventory have been observed in nine out of the past 10 years, according to Black Knight, but the spike in 90-day Continue Reading

Both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac today announced eviction moratoriums for the holidays, designed to help buy struggling homeowners time to explore their options. Fannie Mae will suspend evictions of foreclosed single-family properties during the holiday season from December 18, 2017, through January 2, 2018. This suspension applies to single-family and 2-4 unit properties. The moratorium doesn’t Continue Reading

YTD 2017 Home Flips Still on Pace to Equal 10-Year High of 2016; Lowest Ratio of Flips Per Investor Since Q2 2008 ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation's largest multi-sourced property database, today released its Q3 2017 U.S. Home Flipping Report, which shows that single family homes and condos flipped in the third quarter yielded an average gross flipping profit of $66,448 per flip, Continue Reading

Biggest Year-over-Year Drop in Number of Seriously Underwater Since Q2 2015; Share of Equity Rich Properties Increases to New High of 26 Percent IRVINE, Calif. — Nov. 16, 2017 — ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s largest multi-sourced property database, today released its Q3 2017 U.S. Home Equity & Underwater Report, which shows that at the end of the third quarter of 2017 there Continue Reading

A new report released by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland examined peer-to-peer lending, finding that this market is a growing alternative for consumers. However, the Fed was concerned that this growing market does not have the same degree of regulation or supervision as traditional channels. The Fed went so far as to liken the increase in defaults that are occurring now in P2P lending to Continue Reading

Serious delinquencies on single-family properties are up for Fannie Mae, rising 1.01 percent in September alone. According to the government-sponsored enterprise’s September 2017 Monthly Report—released today—that’s the highest serious delinquency rate since May. Rates of serious delinquency have wavered since September 2016. Starting at 1.24 percent and, at one point, dropping as low as 0.99 Continue Reading

New research from Arizona State University (ASU) reports that the foreclosure crisis in the metro area of Phoenix, Arizona may have caused a shift in the population’s political views. On Monday, Arizona Central news released an article discussing the soon-to-be-released research study titled Housing Distress Political Feedback Loop—and reports that as the housing crash affected demographics and Continue Reading