Archives For: mortgage servicing
Fannie Mae Announces 2024 STAR Program Results
Fannie Mae announced its 2024 STAR Program results, recognizing 29 mortgage servicers for competency, capability and overall performance.
25 Feb 2025
CFPB Proposed Rules to Help Homeowners Avoid Foreclosure
CFPB proposed new rules that would require servicers to help homeowners before foreclosing, reduce servicer paperwork, and improve homeowner communication.
10 Jul 2024
The CFPB Intends to Identify Ways to Simplify and Streamline the Existing Mortgage Servicing Rules
The CFPB intends to identify ways to simplify and streamline the existing mortgage servicing rules as they play a critical role in assisting homeowners with repayment.
15 Jun 2023
CFPB Uncovers Illegal Junk Fees on Bank Accounts, Mortgages, and Student and Auto Loans
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a special edition of its Supervisory Highlights that reports on unlawful junk fees uncovered in deposit accounts and in multiple loan servicing markets, including in mortgage, student, and payday lending.
8 Mar 2023
Safeguard Executives Featured in Panel Discussions at Five Star Conference
Members of the Safeguard executive team were featured as experts in multiple panel discussions at the 2021 Five Star Conference and Expo this past September. The event held in Dallas, Texas focused on the mortgage industry’s most pressing topics, providing insight into property management, services, and compliance within the industry.
19 Sep 2021
Opinion: Forbearance Will Not Lead to a Huge Wave of Foreclosures
Most homeowners in forbearance have sufficient equity in their homes, and there will not be a huge wave of foreclosures like following the housing bubble.
8 Sep 2021
Various States Ease COVID-19 Consumer Protections
An update of state and federal actions for COVID-19 related moratoriums, including California, DC, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Virginia.
7 Sep 2021
Wall Street is Funding Fixer-Upper Houses
Wall Street has made a mountain of money available to house flippers, and selling move-in-ready rehabs has rarely been easier. The challenge is finding beat-up and out-of-date properties that can be renovated and resold for a profit.
7 Sep 2021
Forbearance Volume Tails Off on Strength of August Jobs Report
The latest Forbearance and Call Volume Survey from the MBA has found that the total number of loans now in forbearance decreased by two basis points from 3.25% of servicers’ portfolio volume in the prior week to 3.23%.
7 Sep 2021
New York Issues Temporary Ban on Evictions
The state of New York issued a temporary ban on evictions and foreclosures that will continue through January 15, 2022.
2 Sep 2021