by Banker & Tradesman | Jul 7, 2017
The National Mortgage Servicing Association (NMSA) yesterday issued a report calling on all federal agencies to work together in conjunction with the mortgage servicing community to institute policies that standardize the procedures, definitions and best practices surrounding the treatment of vacant and abandoned residential properties.
by Banker & Tradesman | May 31, 2017
Lenders filed 990 petitions to foreclose on properties in Massachusetts in April, an 11.4 percent decrease compared with the 1,117 filed in April 2016, according to a new report from The Warren Group, publisher of Banker & Tradesman.
by Banker & Tradesman | Feb 17, 2017
The Massachusetts Alliance Against Predatory Lending is sponsoring free clinics to inform homeowners foreclosed in 2014 or earlier that they face a new deadline to file paperwork to preserve the 20-year window in which homeowners may contest a foreclosure.
by Banker & Tradesman | Feb 14, 2017
The nationwide fore closure inventory declined by 30 percent in December 2016 and completed foreclosures declined by 40 percent, compared to December 2015, according to a report released today by CoreLogic, a global property information and analytics firm.
by Jim Morrison | Dec 27, 2016
Last Friday, Antonio Ibañez – yes, that Ibañez – spoke out publicly for the first time urging homeowners who have been foreclosed-upon prior to 2014 to file paperwork at their registry to preserve their right to challenge that foreclosure for 20 years by Friday, or lose that right forever.
by Scott Van Voorhis | Dec 18, 2016
Economic inequality is one of President Barack Obama’s favorite subjects to opine about. But the Obama Administration’s lame and limp-as-wilted-lettuce approach to righting the wrongs of a messed-up housing market
by Banker & Tradesman | Nov 8, 2016
Nationwide foreclosure inventory declined by 31.1 percent and completed foreclosures declined by 7 percent compared with September 2015, according to a report released today by CoreLogic, a global property information, analytics and data solutions provider.
by Banker & Tradesman | Oct 5, 2016
Foreclosure petitions in Massachusetts increased by just 0.7 percent in August compared with August 2015, according to a new report from The Warren Group, publisher of Banker & Tradesman.
by Banker & Tradesman | Feb 9, 2016
Nationwide foreclosure rates continued to slide...
by Jim Morrison | Jan 20, 2016
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healy summarily...
by Banker & Tradesman | Jan 12, 2016
Foreclosure activity is continuing to decline...
by Jim Morrison | Dec 29, 2015
Secretary of State Bill Galvin got an early Christmas...
by Jim Morrison | Nov 30, 2015
Gov. Charlie Baker last week signed into law a bill...
by Banker & Tradesman | Nov 10, 2015
Foreclosure inventory nationwide declined by 24.3...
by Banker & Tradesman | Sep 18, 2015
The state Senate on Thursday voted 31-7 to pass...
by Banker & Tradesman | Apr 15, 2015
The U.S. foreclosure inventory declined by 27.3...